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    • The Blue Corvette
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ALAN THOMAS | Photography
ALAN THOMAS | Photography
    Portfolios
      Approaching Calcutta
      Virginia, Lately
      Old World
      The Blue Corvette
      Chicago Self-Park
      Open Secrets (Japan)
      Portraits
      Early Work
    55x5 Book
    Bio
    Contact
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Alan Thomas, Sleeping on the Maidan, Calcutta, 2011
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Approaching Calcutta (2011-2020)
These photographs take a measure of Kolkata, India, both as a contemporary megacity and a carrier of historical memory from colonialism to postwar waves of migration. The project alternates between booming peripheral zones and the city’s center, in particular its vast central park, the Maidan. For more on this work, read my essay "Approaching Calcutta" in Places Journal. 
South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta, 2020
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