Today, a week after an exhibition titled ‘Bourne and Shepherd: Figures in Time’ came to a close in the plush locality of south Delhi, Bourne and Shepherd, Asia’s first photography studio and the world’s longest functioning decided to shut shop in Kolkata after 176 years. The studio, was still functioning out of its original, regale building setup in 1863 though its regality had tarnished over the years, especially after a fire that broke out in the entire building in 1991.
In the 25 years since that fire, the studio has come to be known with different names, ranging from “the haunted building” to young children and “purana (old) studio building” to elders who can still recall its grandeur. Officially the studio continued to use the abbreviation B&S.
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