with his passion and hard work he soon became the official photographer at palanpur and got the opportunity to capture photographs of the then maharaja it was then practiced by the army and a few wealthy people as hobbies adorned in the best of their attires the maharajas of bhavnagar jamnagar porbandar a nawab of junagadh a prince of palanpur and many other rulers from other parts of the country will be visible at nid the picture immediately takes the viewer back to the past said mathew funded by vacheron constantin a swiss manufacture of watches the exhibition will be held at nid from december 13 to 23 creative head of tasveer kaajjal gupta said it took years of great effort to achieve this collection of rare pictures we host a series of exhibitions on photography throughout the year at nid the exhibition will give citizens an opportunity for a viewing of such rare portraits of indian princes ahmedabad after saving everything he could k l sayed bought his first camera at a young age one of these photographs will be a part of the exhibition called a journey into the time of maharajas with this the practice of capturing royal portraits through the artists brushes began to slowly shift towards photography born in 1880 sayed was the son of the hakim to the royal family at palanpur each photograph is linked to an interesting history i however feel that this one is very special as it not only brings rare sights but also reflects the history of photography in the country said the coordinator of photography design at nid deepak john mathew this exhibition is a part of the series photography found its way into the indian subcontinent a few months after the invention of paper negative by fox talbot in england in 1839 the institute will be hosting an exhibition of a collection of some of the rare photographs of indian princes from the early 20th century the exhibition will present a collection of 28 photographic portraits of princes which belong to bangalorebased organization tasveer