December

Mohinder Singh Dhillon had been involved in photography since 1953. In 1961, he formed Africapix,a company that specialized in shooting both stills and TV pictures. His still pictures were circulated around the world to newspapers and magazines, including prestigious ones like Quick, Stern, Paris Match and a host of others.

He loved nature and in particular shooting wild life with wide panoramic shots.He was the first photo and TV journalist to capture the flight of Iranian Kurds behind Khomeini’s lines and his extraordinary and shocking pictures generated worldwide sympathy for the Kurds. In the world of Architecture, Tarlok Singh Nandhra remains a name of great distinction whose excellent work can be observed throughout East Africa.

Hari Singh Bansal’s excellence in dressing minarets in mosques and other notable buildings is still evident in landmarks such as the Landhies Mosque, Pangani Mosque and the Sikh Temple Makindu, among others throughout East Africa. Sardar Ram Singh arrived with the British troops in 1904 and subsequently made Kenya his home.

He opened his own photographic business, Ram Singh and Sons in 1928, and is survived by the 4th generation of his family.