Homai Vyarawalla
9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012
Homai Vyarawalla was India's first woman press photographer, active from the late 1930s. Working under the pseudonym 'Dalda 13', she documented many key events and figures of the Indian independence movement and the early years of the Indian republic.
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Life events
Born into a middle-class Parsi family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTrained in art in Bombay, where she also learned photography.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgStarted photographing everyday life in Bombay, initially publishing under her husband's name.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried accountant and photographer Maneckshaw Vyarawalla, who encouraged her work.
Relocated to Delhi where she photographed political and diplomatic events.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPhotographed figures such as Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah and the birth of independent India.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGave up press photography, expressing disillusionment with changes in the profession.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived India's second-highest civilian honor in recognition of her pioneering career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied at the age of 98 following a fall.
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