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Linnaeus Tripe
Hullabede: Suli Munduppum from the Northeast
1854, December
Albumen print
27.1 x 34.8 cm (10 11/16 x 13 11/16 ins)
CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture
LL/59097
Curatorial description (Metropolitan Museum, Accessed: 6 April 2015)
Tripe’s visit to Hullabede in December 1854 marked the first time he used photography to document the architectural riches of south India. Trained as a military surveyor, he aimed to present information as comprehensively and unambiguously as possible. He made six photographs of this minor shrine west of the main twelfth-century temple complex dedicated to Shiva. He circled the building, taking photographs from each compass point before moving closer to record intimate details.
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