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Post Magazine : Stunning photos of Mumbai’s public clocks reveal how the Indian city is changing over time

Posted On: Friday, April 9th, 2021 | by project88pressadmin

  • Photographer Chirodeep Chaudhuri’s black-and-white images of public clocks recall a different era, before wristwatches or smartphones were ubiquitous
  • ‘The project has uncorked many old memories of Mumbai,’ he says of the photo series
By Kalpana Sunder

The Rajabai clock tower, in Fort, Mumbai, modelled on London’s Big Ben and dating back to 1878. Photo: Chirodeep Chaudhuri

The Rajabai clock tower, in Fort, Mumbai, modelled on London’s Big Ben and dating back to 1878. Photo: Chirodeep Chaudhuri

Chirodeep Chaudhuri is obsessed with clocks. The photographer’s black-and-white images of Mumbai’s public clocks are becoming well known, but it’s not just about the timepieces. Also of interest is everything else he catches in the frame, from vehicles to pedestrians, trees and roofs. Context and history. Some were taken from the ground up, others from vantage points – he has even been allowed into people’s homes to photograph clocks seen through windows or from balconies.

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