Fig. 8. Anonymous, Untitled, ND (late nineteenth-/early twentieth century), courtesy of Mehrdad Nadjmabadi. More

Pushpamala N., ‘Lakshmi (after oleograph from Ravi Varma Press early 20th century)’. From the photo-performance project Native Women of South India: Manners and Customs , 2000-2004. Type C-print on metallic paper, 20 x 24 inches. Courtesy the artist and Bose Pacia, New York. More

Fig.2: Double-exposure portrait of Puyi , early 1900s, gelatin silver print on card, photographer unknown. More

Fig. 7. Nargis, of Mother India (1957) fame, in one of her early productions. More

Fig. 7. Clog seller, early 1900s, from the Percy Hill Collection. (All rights reserved, Margaret Ryan and National Library Board, Singapore 2009) More

Fig. 8. Indian family poses by their compound gate, early 1900s, from the Edwin A Brown Collection. (All rights reserved, Celia Mary Ferguson and National Library Board, Singapore 2008) More

Fig. 5. Buddhist Triad, in bronze, height: 49.5 cm. Late twelfth to early thirteenth century, Prei Monti, Roluos (Siem Reap). National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Ga.2424 Ga.5470. More

Fig. 23. Purkayastha, Prabir, John Miller—The Early Years , triptych #1 from a series of 6, 2015, three 9x12” images on 18x44” paper, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemulhe Bamboo paper, courtesy of the artist. More

Fig. 3: A Parsi family outside the Fire Temple at Dhobi Talao, Bombay, early 1940s. Courtesy the Homai Vyarawalla Archive / Alkazi Collection of Photography More

Fig. 10: Travelers at the dockyard, Ballard Pier, Bombay, early 1940s. Courtesy the Homai Vyarawalla Archive / Alkazi Collection of Photography More

Fig. 11: A traveler at the dockyard, Ballard Pier, Bombay, early 1940s. Courtesy the Homai Vyarawalla Archive / Alkazi Collection of Photography More

Fig. 13: A student of the JJ School of the Arts, Bombay, early 1940s. Courtesy the Homai Vyarawalla Archive / Alkazi Collection of Photography More

Fig. 9. Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 inches, Early 1981. This photograph is of my mother. This was taken at the Panasnikhom Chonburi Transit Centre (Thailand), this was the start of the process of settling in the USA. We had received sponsorship and had moved from Khao-I-Dang Holding Centre on the Thai More

Fig. 10. Dimensions: 3.4 x 4.2 inches, Early 1981. This was taken at Panasnikhom Chonburi Transit Centre (Thailand), this would have been made at the same time that we made the individual portrait, we had this group shot made first. When I look at it now I wonder why they chose More

Fig. 11. Dimensions: 3.5 x 5.5 inches, Early 1981. This was the final image at Lumpini Refugee Transit Centre in Bangkok, before we left Thailand to go to the Philippines to the Batann Refugee Processing Centre. You can see my Mum holding the immigration paperwork. The photo was taken by one More

Fig. 2. Manobina Roy and Debalina Sen Roy, Calcutta, early 1940s. Photo may have been taken by Bimal Roy, courtesy the family of Manobina Roy. More