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'''Amerapoora. Maha-too-lo Bounghian Kyoung (1855)''' is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Description
''Amerapoora. Maha-too-lo Bounghian Kyoung'' is an albumen print from a waxed paper negative. It was published as "No. 86 Amerapoora. Maha-too-lo Bounghian Kyoung" in an edition of 50 boxed sets of 120 Burmah views prepared by Tripe for the Government of India in 1856-57. The photograph depicts a decorative and intricately designed architectural space in India.

Historical information
Linnaeus Tripe is a pioneer of nineteenth-century landscape and architectural photography. Through his photographic practice, he has documented cultural monuments, notable architecture and archaeological sites which have fulfilled the desire to see foreign and exotic lands. During the mid-1850's, Tripe began to photograph India when the British public was driven by much excitement and curiosity. Photographs provided an objective truth, they were readily available and delivered an instant understanding of the world. The use of the camera was encouraged by British government officials, who perceived the camera as a more efficient and economical means of record keeping. Since the inception of photography, the practice has been marked by the tensions between reality and "truth," expeditionary photographers often treated their camera as an incontestable witness. By venturing into these previously unexplored lands, photographers became the subject of a romanticized account in which they were perceived as heroes who faced dangers and hardships in their journeys (3).