Perumal Temple Vimana from Corner of Court, Madurai

Although the temple would have been crowded with worshippers, Tripe shows us empty spaces. His paper negatives and primitive lens required long exposures, even in the bright sunlight of India—too long to record an individual in motion. Tripe, photographing for the colonial government, may also have used his official status to have the temple cleared of visitors so he could obtain unobstructed views of the architecture.

A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a stone temple courtyard from a side angle. On the left, an ornate building features a rounded, tiered dome and walls carved with intricate figures. To the right, a long colonnade with rows of stone pillars recedes into deep shadow. Centered, a path of uneven paving stones leads toward a lone tree and a low wall in the background under a pale, bright sky.

Perumal Temple Vimana from Corner of Court, Madurai

1858

Captain Linnaeus Tripe

(British, 1822–1902)

England, 19th century

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