It's the trip of a lifetime--a textile-based tour of colorful Rajasthan, India featuring more than 200 lush photographs depicting everday life in one of the most vibrant regions in the world.
Christine Chitnis is a writer and photographer who spent ten years traveling to India. She lives with her husband and three children in Providence, Rhode Island.
“Simply marvelous! In this beautiful book, Christine provides a
window through which we get to see the wonderful world of color and
design that are emblematic to India and its people.”—Nik Sharma,
James Beard Award and IACP Julia Child First Book Award finalist
for Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food
“Patterns of India transports me back to my visits to Delhi
and Jaipur. I can almost smell the floral, dusty fragrance that I
remember so well. The celebratory colors, intricate patterns, and
vivid sensory experience of the country comes across so well in
this beautiful book.”—Rebecca Atwood, textile and wallpaper
designer and author of Living with
Pattern and Living with Color
“India is a place where the delight and brilliance of the
colors, textures, and patterns immediately absorb you into the
present moment. Patterns of India is an inspiring
celebration of one of the most visually compelling and engaging
destinations for travelers and photographers, where every detail,
from the mundane to the sacred, is a divine expression of ancient
and modern artisanal mastery.”—Emily Nathan, photographer and
author of My Tiny Atlas and founder of Tiny Atlas
Quarterly
“Christine’s photography takes us on an incredible journey into the
rich history of pattern and color in Rajasthan. She has conveyed
the strength of the Rajasthani visual aesthetic so perfectly
through her vivid imagery and thoughtful writing. Patterns of
India transports me right back to Rajasthan.”—Sana Javeri
Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co.
“Patterns of India is a vibrant love story. Christine’s
passion for what is surely one of the most colorful countries on
the planet is clear. She brilliantly captures the flow of daily
life in the sensuous subcontinent and reveals the stories that lay
embedded in India’s visual landscape.”—Fiona Caulfield, travel
designer, travel writer, and author of the Love Travel Guides
series
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