Perumal Temple Vimana from Corner of Court, Madurai, 1858. Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902). Albumen print from a waxed paper negative; image: 34.2 x 26.8 cm (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.); paper: 34.2 x 26.8 cm (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.). Although the temple would have been crowded with worshippers, Tripe shows us empty spaces. His paper negatives and primitive lens required long exposures, even in the bright sunlight of Indiatoo long to record an individual in motion. Tripe, photographing for the colonial government, may also have used his official status to have the temple cleared of visitors so he could obtain unobstructed views of the architecture.