Charles Shepherd (photographer)

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Charles Shepherd was an English photographer and printer who worked in India in the mid- to late 19th century. In 1862 Shepherd and Arthur Robertson established a photographic studio called Shepherd & Robertson in Agra. The firm moved to Simla in 1864, at which point Samuel Bourne joined the business to work as principal photographer. At about this time the firm changed its name to Howard, Shepherd & Bourne, under which name it operated until 1870. Bourne and Shepherd formed a partnership under their own names in about 1868 and opened a second branch in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Bourne returned to England in 1870 and was replaced as head photographer in 1872 by Colin Murray. Shepherd, who had primarily worked as the printer for his firms, finally left Bourne & Shepherd in 1885. Bourne & Shepherd continues to operate in Kolkata.