Isolde Brielmaier: I am sparkling

N.V. Parekh was an influential Indian-born portrait photographer whose studio,located in Mombasa in the 20th-century, attracted clients from East Africa andbeyond. I Am Sparkling: N. V. Parekh and His Portrait Studio ClientsùMombasa,Kenya 1940 to 1980 is a discrete examination of an historically-significant artist andhis distinct clientele, and the temporal, geographical, and cultural milieu in whichtheir collaborations flourished. The manuscript is based on a rarely accessedphotographic archive and is complemented by extensive interviews with ParekhÆsdiverse clientele, with a particular focus on women as clients of studiophotographers.