About David Mordecai
Lived 1909 – 1973 (aged 63–64). David Mordecai was a photographer.
David Mordecai (1909-1973) was an Indian photographer in Calcutta whose subjects included the Nehrus, Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, and King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal.
Early life and family Mordecai was born in Calcutta, India, in 1909, the son of Isaac and Esther Mordecai. His family was part of the Baghdadi Jewish community of Calcutta.
Mordecai married Trixie David in 1935 and they had three daughters, Esthére, Anita, and Cheryl;
Death Mordecai died in 1973 after suffering ill health in his later years.
Selected publications India Through the Camera's Eye His Majesty King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shaha Deva. An analytical biography. Bombay, Nityand Society, c. 1963. (Editor) The Himalayas: An illustrated summary of the world's highest mountain ranges. Calcutta, Daw Sen, 1966.
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