A young couple of 12 and 15 years of age outside the temple in Jodhpur where they were just married—child marriage is forbidden by the law but still routinely practised.

A young couple of 12 and 15 years of age outside the temple in Jodhpur where they were just married—child marriage is forbidden by the law but still routinely practised.

Photograph

Gauri Gill

Maker
Indian, b. 1970

A young couple of 12 and 15 years of age outside the temple in Jodhpur where they were just married—child marriage is forbidden by the law but still routinely practised.

From Notes From the Desert


1999–ongoing
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 15/16 × 17 13/16 in. (30.3 × 45.2 cm)
Paper: 14 1/4 × 19 13/16 in. (36.2 × 50.4 cm)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.1006
DescriptionA child bride and groom dressed in their weding clothes standing outside of a building.

This work print is part of the museum's archival holdings from the FiftyCrows Foundation.
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso BRC: Gill 01.1
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