Here is a selection of photographs of village life in India Hardman took whilst serving in the 8th Ghurkha Rifles (1917-1922)
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Pandikkad, Kerala, South India - taken in 1921.
Hardman's notes tell us: "What appears at first sight to be the performance of some mystic rite is really the serving of cups of tea to the two Moplah customers on the left."
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Village in Kerala - taken in 1921 |
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Scene in an Indian Village, 1922.
This print was made on Hardman's return to England and has been heavily re-touched with cochineal
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Near Ujhani, India - taken in 1921 |
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Villager Picking Rice - taken between 1917-1922. On the reverse of the print Hardman has written; 'In the image a villager is in a rice field and picking some and putting it into a basket. In the background there are Indian mountains'. |
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