Published by Harper Collins India in 2016, The Writer's Eye accompanied an exhibition of the same name which was held at Grosvenor Gallery in June 2016. The show featured black and white landscape photographs by Dalrymple, some of which are still availalbe.
The exhibition was also held at Sunaparanta Centre for the Arts, Goa, and at Vadehra Gallery in New Delhi.
The book features an introduction by curator Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi and text by William Dalrymple, alongside plates of his work.