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Stromberg studied under the photographer Bernhard Becher in Dusseldorf before moving to England in 1986. \r\n\r\nKodaikanal is a town in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in south-eastern India.  It is situated in the Palni Hills, at an elevation of 7,300 (2,225m)  The town was created in 1845 by U.S. missionaries and British Civil Servants as a hill station to which administrative offices were located during the summer months.  The immense detail of the photograph, with its' flattened perspective, emphasises the fusion of secular and religious buildings in India architecture.","physicalDescription":"Large photograph of hill side in the Madurai District of India.  The photograph overlooks buildings of both secular and religious design.  The photograph contains minute details of the hillside which makes up almost half of the image, with the cloud filled sky taking up the remainder.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Stromberg, Gerhard","id":"A5696"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Photographic paper","id":"AAT14190"}],"techniques":[{"text":"C-type process","id":"THES258425"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"c-type colour print","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AP2171"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"B","id":"THES304720"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"India","id":"x29790"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1992","earliest":"1992-01-01","latest":"1992-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"89","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"print","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"113.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Print","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The photograph was produced by Gerhard Stromberg.  This photograph is number one of ten in the edition run.\n\nHistorical significance: The photograph by Gerhard Stromberg was chosen for the collection as it is exemplary of the Germanic strand of contemporary architectural photography.  Stromberg studied under the photographer Bernhard Becher in Dusseldorf before moving to England in 1986.","historicalContext":"This image exemplifies contemporary German architectural photography.  The detail of the photograph with its' flattened perspective emphasises the fusion of secular and religious buildings in India architecture, which in turn creates a sense of an Indian cultural perspective.","briefDescription":"Stromberg, Gerhard. \"Kodai Kanal, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India. 1992\".  C-type colour print.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Catalogue: Silver and Syrup: Selections from the History of Photography exhibition"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Tamil Nadu","id":"x29843"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"houses","id":"AAT5433"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"\"D i a r y   N o t e s\r\nMy need to make pictures must be like a plant's need to produce flowers;\r\nbut I also want the assiduousness of an accountant, and the trusting and\r\nenquiring mind of a scientist.\r\n\r\nPhotography has the capacity to render everything with the same value.\r\nPhotography is undiscriminating because it is thoughtless. The ground glass\r\n of my camera knows neither memories of the past, nor projections of the\r\nfuture.\"\r\n\r\nGerhard Stromberg, 1992 / 1997","date":{"text":"1992/1997","earliest":"1992-01-01","latest":"1997-12-31"}},{"text":"Gerhard Stomberg studied under the influential photographers Bernhard and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf Academy before moving to  England in 1986. Stromberg utilizes grey skies and flattened perspective to create his personal and elegiac observation of landscape.  Each finely observed detail is orchestrated within the frame like a musical composition. Here, an eclectic mixture of building types of various architectural styles share the hillside, offering visual clues to the location while making us question the sense of place.","date":{"text":"2008-2009","earliest":"2008-01-01","latest":"2009-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["E.492-1998"],"accessionNumberNum":"492","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1998,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"1 of 10","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2010EJ0864"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-06-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-08-27","availableToBook":true}}