THE TCC PHOTO ARCHIVE
The TCC Photo Archive is a nascent but thriving archive of stories of the people, place, and community of the Darjeeling Sikkim Himalayas. Comprised of personal, institutional, and private collections, the Archive not only is significant in documenting and preserving local stories of the place but is also a step forward in decolonizing narratives of the place. In preserving personal stories, the Archive offers critical insights into larger questions of Belonging and Identities- embedded into the socio-cultural and political fabric of the Hill society.
How it Works -
The photographs that we collect will be digitized, catalogued, and preserved and curated in dialogue with the donors. With time it is our purpose to make the Archive accessible for academic, institutional and independent research and practitioners and general public of the region.
The TCC Photo Archive is growing each day as we work towards our objective of re-telling the stories of the communities that make up Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills.
Our hope is to build a more representative and inclusive history of our people and places from within.
We’ve received generous contributions of family albums and continue to do so. While our archive expands, so does our efforts to scan, digitise and catalogue thousands of photographs while simultaneously developing plans on creating public engagements around the archive.
We’re a small team and all of us are voluntary members of the collective -all in it because of our unflinching belief in the work we’re doing.
We, therefore, need your support in helping us sustain and persist with our archival project.
These photographs tell your stories as much as they do ours.
You can support our archival project through a donation amount of your choice. Your patronage will go a long way in helping us realise this collective dream.
