The late Australian photojournalist and travel writer Angus McDonald spent several years travelling the lengths of India’s railways. He saw the trains as a metaphor for India’s tolerance, diversity and beauty. With a pen and camera in hand, he captured images of the remote and increasingly endangered train lines, and those who live, work and travel on the world’s largest rail network.
The images document the railways from the arid Western Ghats of Maharashtra, the fertile alluvial plains of Madhya Pradesh, the cool blue mountains of Tamil Nadu, and the snow-peaked foothills of the Himalayas. They are the only existing contemporary photographs of the remote railways.
McDonald made one last trip to India in 2013, and his death in Myanmar is described in fiancee Catherine Anderson’s memoir, A Death in Yangon.
Type of Event: Art and design
Venue: fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Ln
Melbourne VIC 3000
Date: from 8 to 19 December 2015
Price: free
Website: fortyfivedownstairs
Telephone: (03) 9662 9966
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