India (Photo) Papers is an investigation into the heart of an unexplored area of the material history of photography in India from the 1950s to the 1980s. This study reveals the different strategies professionals used to access photographic equipment and continue their work despite the hardships of a shortage orchestrated by the Indian government for purely economic reasons. Using recently discovered archives as well as interviews with photographers and equipment dealers, India (Photo) Papers uncovers strategies of association, circumvention, and indigenous production of photographic material implemented by various actors of the photographic sector. This investigation into the depths of the material history of photography in India provides a better understanding of the reality and specificities of contemporary local practices while inscribing them in a macro-economic context. It also provides new insight into the history of photography in a region of the world which has not been the subject of significant scholarly attention.