Today, Indian design is a fascinating mixture of local styles and modern interpretations. Innovative ideas are being introduced not only by Indians, but by foreign architects and designers who have moved to India. India Modern showcases the latest in Indian style, from the first boutique hotel in Delhi, The Manor, to the restored fortress, and now hotel, of Devigarh, where each room is designed around a particular theme. Divided into four sections-Breaking with Tradition, Reworking Legacy, Courtyard and Tent, and Retreats-India Modern reveals the changing face of Indian interior design.
Michael Freeman, professional photographer and author, with more than 100 book titles to his credit, was born in England in 1945, took a Masters in geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and then worked in advertising in London for six years. He made the break from there in 1971 to travel up the Amazon with two secondhand cameras, and when Time-Life used many of the pictures extensively in the Amazon volume of their World's Wild Places series, including the cover, they encouraged him to begin a full-time photographic career.
Since then, working for editorial clients that include all the world's major magazines, and notably the Smithsonian Magazine (with which he has had a 30-year association, shooting more than 40 stories), Freeman's reputation has resulted in more than 100 books published. Of these, he is author as well as photographer, and they include more than 40 books on the practice of photography - for this photographic educational work he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc by the French Ministry of Culture. He is also responsible for the distance-learning courses on photography at the UK's Open College of the Arts.
Freeman's books on photography have been translated into fifteen languages, and are available on other Amazon international sites.
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