Patterns of India: A Journey Through Colors, Textiles, and the Vibrancy of Rajasthan

The photos are high quality, and the book feels great. The pages are printed on real paper, not that glossy, plastic-like paper.

If you love culture, photography, art, and writing, you will love this intimate and vivid journey through Rajasthan. Christine’s photographs and writing come together to create a truly immersive experience. Throughout the book, Christine provides an abundance of information about Rajasthan and Indian history, as well as Rajasthan’s unique artwork, traditions, industry, and culture. This book is a powerful learning experience because the photographs so wonderfully compliment and underscore the information Christine shares. I have traveled to India multiple times and this book brought me back there, reconnecting me with India’s vibrant energy and culture. I also learned many things I didn’t yet know about Rajasthan, Hinduism, and Indian culture. While most travel photography books are organized by geography, this book is artfully organized by color! This book is an essential study if you are a photographer or author because Christine skillfully captures the essence of the culture respectfully, intentionally, and authentically. After reading this book I feel more creatively inspired. I really enjoyed developing a deeper understanding of India and getting to know Christine as well while reading this book. This book is a beautiful coffee table book but it is much more than that. Most of us that have traveled to India have a deeply personal reason for doing so. Christine shares her personal story beautifully in this book. If you have not yet made the trip to India, this book might just provide that dose of inspiration and motivation to take your own journey very soon.

I am almost finished with this book and don’t want it to end. I have been carried away by the images and writing in such a surprisingly blissful way. Some have mentioned they wished the book had glossy paper. I disagree. I love the feel of the thick matte pages and the color is still very striking-I am a surface pattern designer and color is one of the things I live by and one of the reasons I purchased this book. I am more than satisfied with this book, I adore it!

Beautifully done. Awesome pictures

I love this. It’s a beautiful book - both inside and out! Love it on my console table.

Nice content, I thought the book was bigger but the most important thing is what is in it

I absolutely adore this book. The photography is stunning and varied, and I really love the organization around color and pattern. The quality of the book is clear in the thick paper and beautiful embossed cloth cover. This is a gorgeous coffee table book, but one you and your guests will actually pick up and savor! Christine provides interesting history about various applications of color and pattern but the photographs are the central focus of the book, which makes it so fun to look through. I also really appreciated the introduction by fashion scholar Dr. Vandana Bhandari, as well as Christine's cultural sensitivity and obvious respect for the cultures of Rajasthan. I love looking at this book and allowing my imagination to carry me far away to a place I've always longed to visit (one day!!). Highly recommend! Christine Bayles Kortsch

The book contains evocative everyday scenes and is a celebration from the point of view of beautiful if not always stylistically unique photography. I seem to be seeing more and more books using matte paper even when colors are really important so that wasn't a great choice as far as I was concerned, but doesn't make the experience of the photographs lackluster. This is a light memory-jogger as far as style and patterns, nothing like a design reference for South Asian heritage patterns. So much can be seen from the preview anyway. All that aside, this was a dedicated exploration in what it was meant to be. It takes an amount of attention and care to not academize Indian art and style away from Indian life. I certainly do not regret this book.

Stunning book but disappointingly arrived damaged. I would recommend buying from a different seller.

Gorgeous. I also love the matte paper. Very beautiful book. Just note - it's smaller than an A4 sheet of paper - just.

Lindo!! Perfeito

je l'ai offert a ma nièce qui me l'avait demandé pour noël et elle a été ravie

Recipient loves India and says that the quality and range of excellent photographs makes it the perfect gift