photographs. Though photographs could Reading between the Frames be widely disseminated, unlike the real trophies, they did not provide incontro- Burden (and Freedom) of Photography vertible proof of masculine prowess: it Camera Indica: The Social Life of Indian Photographs by Christopher Pinney; Reaktion Books, London, 1997; University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1998; pp 240, $55.00 cloth, $29.00 paper.