Ram Rahman Signs of Life Photographs Pokomoko Publishing 2022 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission All images © Ram Rahman
“ It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Bobby Deol as Bhagat Singh, Abbass Studio, Delhi, 2003
Daryaganj, Delhi, 1999
Ernakulum, 1987
Exhibition, Red Fort Grounds, Delhi, 1980’s
Water Fountain, Bhairon Mandir, Purana Qila, Delhi 1997
Ernakulum, 1987
Cobbler, Ernakulum, 1987
Indira Gandhi, Delhi, 1986
Rajghat, Delhi, 1995
Narasimha Rao, Delhi, 1996
Barakhamba Road, Delhi, 1993
Narasimha Rao, India Gate, Delhi, 1991
Maulana Azad, Delhi, 1991
Daryaganj, Delhi, 1999
Gandhi March, Delhi, 1995
Delhi, 1990s
Calcutta, 2003
Gents Urinal, Delhi, 1991
Fairground Entrance Gate, Red Fort, 1990’s
Abbass Studios, Delhi, 2003
Abbass Studios, Delhi, 2003
Mela, Red Fort grounds, Delhi, 1980s
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Calcutta, 2000
Gate, Hyderabad, 1983
Ram Lila Maidan, Red Fort, Delhi, 1988
Cochin, 1985
Lucknow, 1993
Doorway, Panchkuin Road, Delhi, 1980’s
Cochin, 1985
Delhi, 1995
Delhi, 1995
Delhi, 1982
Lunch Break, near Turkman Gate, Delhi, 1980s
Capital Studios, Delhi, 1986
Arjun Singh, Delhi, 1996
Delhi, 1988
Raghubir Singh, Delhi, 1982
Ernakulum, 1987
Indira Gandhi, Delhi, late 1980s
Mexico City, 1982
Merida, Mexico, 1982
Merida, Mexico, 1982
Mexico City, 1982
Ram Rahman One-man shows • 2009 ‘Street Smart’, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University • 2008 Bioscope, Rabindra Bhavan, Delhi • 2006 Apparao Infinity, Chennai • 2003 Photo Studio/Cutouts, India International Center, New Delhi • 2002 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio • 2000 Admit One Gallery, New York. • 1999 Galerie Foundation for Indian Arts, Amsterdam. • 1998 Gallery at 678, New York • 1992 Gallery Chemould, Bombay • 1988 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi • 1978 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi • 1977 Brunswick Public Library, Brunswick, Maine • 1977 Rotch Visual Collections, MIT, Cambridge Group shows (selected) • 2021 “Good and Bad Government”, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, curated by Paul Smith • 2019 Chennai Photo Biennale, 2019. ‘The Fauna of Mirrors’, curated by Pushpamala N. • 2018 Gwangju Biennale, Imagined Nations/ Modern Utopias - Clara Kim curator • 2018 Houston FotoFest Biennial, curated by Sunil Gupta, Steven Evans • 2017 Centre Pompidou, “Memories of the Future - Indian Modernities”, curated by Catherine David, • 2017 “A Tale of Two Cities”, IGNCA, Delhi, Teertha, Colombo • 2016 “A Tale of Two Cities”, Serendipity Arts Festival, Panjim, Goa • 2007 India: Public Places, Private Spaces, The Newark Museum • 2007 I fear, I believe, I desire, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, Curated by Gayatri Sinha, Catalogue • 2007 Making History Our Own, SAHMAT, AIFACS, New Delhi • 2004 Middle Age Spread, National Museum, New Delhi • 2003 Faces, Sepia International, New York • 2003 subTerrain, artworks in the cityfold, House of World Cultures, Berlin • 2003 Heat: Moving Picture Visons, Phantasms and Nightmares, Bose Pacia Modern, New York ( Also curated) • 2003 Ways of Resisting, Sahmat, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi • 2003 A Celebration of Independence, Jindal Center, New Delhi • 2002 Home,Street, Shrine, Bazaar, Museum, Manchester Art Gallery • 2001 Alumni Choice, Yale University School of Art, New Haven • 2001 Kitsch Kitsch Hota Hai, Presented by Gallery Espace, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi • 2001 HOME? Crosscurrents in Contemporary South Asian/American Art, • Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA • 2001 Context as Content - Museum as Metaphor, • The Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Catalogue • 2000 Art Folio, Chandigarh • 2000 Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai • 2000 Serendipity, Japan Foundation, Tokyo,Catalogue • 1999 Woman/Goddess, British Council, New Delhi,Catalogue • 1999 Sampling, Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York • 1999 Nature Morte, New Delhi • 1999 Edge of the Century, Max Mueller Bhavan, Delhi, Catalogue • 1998 A Common Wealth of Art, National Art Gallery of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,Catalogue • 1997 Divine Façades Views of Indian Architecture, Catalogue (An Impressions Gallery, York, Travelling Show) Queens Hall, Hexham/ mac, Birmingham/ Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham/ Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh/ Impressions Gallery, York/ Pitshanger Manor Museum, London • 1997 Gift for India, SAHMAT, Catalogue, Rabindra Bhavan,New Delhi, Chemould Gallery, Bombay • 1996 3rd All India Photography Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi and Chandigarh.
• 1995 Postcards for Gandhi. SAHMAT’s Exhibition, Catalogue Vadehra Gallery, Delhi/ Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay/ Gallerie 88, Calcutta/ Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad/ Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore/ Alliance Francais, Madras/ Bose-Pacia Gallery, Soho, New York. •1990 An Economy of Signs: Contemporary Indian Photography. (A Photographers’ Gallery, London, Travelling Show)-The Mead Gallery, Coventry/ Ipswich Museum and Art Gallery/ Viewpoint Gallery, Salford, Manchester/ Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow/ Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield/ The Photographers’ Gallery, London • 1989 Artists Alert. SAHMAT Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi • 1987 Pratibimb: Photography in India. Moscow, Vilnius • 1977 A+A Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven • 1977 Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Boston • 1977 Creative Photography Gallery, MIT, Cambridge Books • 2007 India: Public Places, Private Spaces. Gayatri Sinha and Paul Sternberger. Marg and Newark Museum. • 2005 Building With Light, The International History of Architectural Photography. Robert Elwall, RIBA and Merell. • 2005 Tiranga: A Celebration of the National Flag. Edited by Vijay and Samar Singh Jodha. • 2004 Middle Age Spread. Edited by Gayatri Sinha, National Museum, New Delhi. • 2003 India: A National Culture? Photo essay. Edited by Geeti Sen, Sage publications, New Delhi. • 2002 Dome Over India: The Rashtrapati Bhavan (Edwin Lutyens’ Viceroys Palace.) Published by India Book House & The President’s Secretariat. Text by Aman Nath. • 1998 Legacies for the Future, Contemporary Architecture in Islamic Societies, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture Published by Thames and Hudson, London. Edited by Cynthia C. Davidson. • 1996 Charles Correa, Thames and Hudson, London. Essay by Kenneth Frampton. • Addressing Gandhi, Published by Sahmat. • 1994 Indiamodern, Phaidon, London. • 1993 Beautiful Homes of India, Architecture + Design, India. Satish Gujral: In his own words • 1993 Architecture for a Changing World. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1993. Published by the Aga Khan Award, Geneva. • 1993 Raj Rewal, Concept Media, Singapore. • 1990 An Economy of Signs: Contemporary Indian Photography Published by Rivers Oram Press, London and Boston. Edited by Sunil Gupta Essay by Saleem Kidwai, afterword by Ram Rahman. • 1988 India, Published by the Festival of India in English and Japanese. • 1987 Pratibimb: Photography in India, Festival of India, New Delhi. English and Russian editions. • 1987 Vistara: The Architecture of India, Festival of India, New Delhi. English, Russian and Japanese editions. • 1986 The Architecture of India, Electa Moniteur, Paris and Milan. English and French editions. Institutional Collections The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Metropolitan Museum, New York Tate Modern, London Centre Pompidou, Paris Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC Devi Art Foundation, Delhi Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi