Philipp Adolphe Klier and D.A. Ahuja were two of the most important image makers of Myanmar's early colonial period. Their reproductions have been used and reinterpreted through the decades in many different forms, yet we still know very little about their lives. While much of their original work survives today only in the form of reproductions, it remains an integral part of the country's visual heritage. We must ask what these images really tell us about life there a hundred years ago.

“In an age of digital communication and fast-spreading imagery, we have to reflect even more on the sources of our information.”