'Our Man in India: Cecil Beaton's Propaganda Photographs 1944' curated by Salidaa's Project Director for Development, Sara Wajid, will be on display from 23 January until 13 March 2004 at The National Archives in Kew.

Cecil Beaton one of Britain's most celebrated photographers, captured the world's most glamorous men and women on film. In 1944 he was sent to India by the Ministry of Information to photograph day-to-day life and bring a touch of glamour to the Ministry's propaganda campaign about the war in South East Asia. This exhibition brings rarely-seen photographs from his trip, along with original correspondence, documents and propaganda posters, revealing a little-known side of Beaton''s work as a photographer.

OUR MAN IN INDIA EVENTS

Tales of India
Saturday 31 January, 12pm. £3 (Children - Free)
Storytelling by Seema Anand
See and hear images of Indian being brought to life in wonderful, colourful tales, vividly told by an experienced storyteller. Ideal for familaies (not recommended for children under 5).

Images of India
Thursday 19 February 2004, 7.30pm. £5/£4 concessions
Lecture by Divia Patel, Curator, Indian & South East Asian Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum.
Photography was introduced to India by Europeans in the 1840's. This illustrated lecture looks at some of the early images of India alongside the work of photographers like Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Raghu Rai.

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