Waswo X. Waswo

Waswo X. Waswo
Born
Richard John Waswo

(1953-11-13)November 13, 1953
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Known forart, photography

Waswo X. Waswo (November 13, 1953), is a photographer and artist formerly most commonly associated with his chemical process sepia-toned photographs of India, but more recently with hand-colored portraits made at his studio in Udaipur, Rajasthan.[1][2] Waswo’s first major book, India Poems: The Photographs,[3] was in part a challenge to politically correct notions of the western artist's role in responding to Asia, and his work has been critiqued[4] in the light of cultural theories that stem from Edward Said and his book Orientalism. He has also produced a large body of self-referential paintings in collaboration with traditionally trained Rajasthani miniaturists R. Vijay, Chirag & Shankar Kumawat, and Dalpat Jingar

  1. ^ "Waswo X Waswo - regardingindia.com". regardingindia.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "Home". waswoxwaswo.com.
  3. ^ Waswo X. Waswo, India Poems: The Photographs, The Gallerie Publishers edition of "India Poems: The Photographs is: ISBN 81-901999-2-7
  4. ^ David De Souza, "Elegy in Sepia", DNA Salon, October 27, 2006.