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The Indian Memory Project was founded in India, by Anusha Yadav (photographer and designer for the Memory Company) in February 2010. It is the world's first online narrative and image based archive that traces the history of the Indian Subcontinent using images and narratives as offered by families and individuals across the world. Indian Memory Project is a project in continuation and is an attempt to understand, in a unified way, the history of the subcontinent, its experiences, humanity, choices and its circumstances that have made the region and its people who they are. Indian Memory Project is dedicated to nurturing greater tolerance, understanding, cultures, love and capacity for learning among citizens of India, its neighbouring countries and the world.

Location

Anusha Yadav is based in Mumbai presently, from where she runs Indian Memory Project. Being an online archive, the memory project is accessible to anyone and everyone across the globe. It is an ongoing project with contributions coming from people living in and outside of India. There is no restriction regarding nationality and origin of the contributor or that of the family members in the contributed story, but it is crucial for the story to be in relation to the Indian Subcontinent.

About the Founder

Anusha Yadav is a Photographer, Photo archivist, Publication Designer and a Curator. She graduated in Communication Design from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in 1997. After 16 years of a joyful career in graphic design and advertising, Anusha also began working as an independent photographer in 2006. Her works have been published and exhibited in India, Austria, Germany, China, UK, Singapore, South Africa & USA.

In 2010 she founded Indian Memory Project – The world’s first online visual & narrative based archive, to trace a personal history of the Indian Subcontinent through images found in family and personal archives. The project has been cited as exemplary and has pioneered an alternate method in which narratives of the world are told and understood.

In 2013, she founded The Memory Company, a consultancy that works on artistic, and curatorial projects, archives and exhibitions related to history, narratives and photography. Most recently the company curated its first international narrative and image based exhibit on historical criminal investigations from India – “The Photograph is Proof”, at the Format International Photography Festival, 2015 in UK.

In inclusion to being a speaker on several esteemed panels across the world, Anusha has been awarded the ‘Honorary mention’ at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013 awards, an international award for excellence in Cyber Arts & online Media, the L’oreal Paris Femina Women Achievers’ Award 2013 and the Innovator of the Year – India Today Women’s Summit, 2014.


About the Project

Digital photography took over our lives post the early '90's, therefore Indian Memory Project accept photographs and stories only prior to this time. It is not essentially about the end result of the contribution but more so about the process one goes through when digging into family archives to find special photographs that bring back old memories or stories that were shared during childhood.

Archive Records : Indian Memory Project has received images from families and people based in Canada, USA, Ireland, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, United Kingdom and the oldest photograph is from 1860.

References

  • Official website
  • The Memory Company
  • Telegraph United Kingdom, 2010.[1]
  • Gulf News, UAE 2010.[2]
  • Wall Street Journal 2010.[3]
  • The Herald, Pakistan. 2012.[4]
  • BBC Radio Hindi 2013.[5]
  • Telerama, France 2014.[6]
  • Huffington Post /The New Yorker Instagram Feed 2015.[7]
  • Hindustan Times 2010.[8]
  • Open Magazine, India 2010.[9]
  • Outlook, India 2011.[10]
  • Indian Express, India 2011.[11]
  • DNA, India 2011.[12]

  1. ^ "The Indian Memory Project". Telegraph.co.uk. 29 April 2010.
  2. ^ http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/a-first-hand-look-at-history-1.653821
  3. ^ Margherita Stancati. "The Indian Memory Project". WSJ.
  4. ^ http://www.indianmemoryproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/magazinespread_low.pdf
  5. ^ "'ये दुनिया का इतिहास है, मैं तो बस इसे संजो रही हूँ'". BBC हिंदी.
  6. ^ "L'Indian Memory Project recompose la grande famille indienne". telerama.fr. 25 January 2014.
  7. ^ "New Yorker's Instagram Account Brings Alive Sepia-Toned Memories From India's Past". The Huffington Post.
  8. ^ https://indianmemoryproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/the-memory-project.jpg
  9. ^ "A Family Album of India". OPEN Magazine.
  10. ^ "Diachronic Lenses - Arpita Basu - Apr 18,2011". outlookindia.com.
  11. ^ "This used to be me". indianexpress.com.
  12. ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-preserving-bygone-era-through-photos-1538104
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