The photographer hoped to take her first trip to New York to see "Candid: The Life and Lens of Homai Vyarawalla" at the Rubin Museum of Art.

WSJ: Photos of India to Go on View in New York

"Homai was, like many Indians of her generation, a Gandhian in the sense that she was really about peaceful resolutions and equality for everyone, " Ms. Citron says.

WSJ: Photos of India to Go on View in New York

In Homai Vyarawalla's photos, Mahatma Gandhi's slain, flower-adorned body awaits cremation, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru releases a dove, the leisure class hunts foxes and young Indian women create art.

WSJ: Photos of India to Go on View in New York