Raghu Rai (born 1942) is an Indian photographer and photojournalist. [1][2] He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who nominated Rai, then a young photojournalist, to join Magnum Photos in 1977. Rai became a photographer in the mid 1960s, …

Raghu Rai lives in Delhi with his family and continues to be a correspondent of Magnum Photos. Raghu Rai took up photography in 1965, and the following year joined The Statesman newspaper as its chief photographer. He joined Magnum in 1977.

A collection of original negatives and transparencies of Raghu Rai’s works spanning almost 6 decades of his photographic journey. 2. Over 2000 Archival Silver Gelatin prints and dark room prints. 3. Over 3500 digital prints on Archival paper and over 500 large exhibition works on archival paper framed and mounted. 4.

Learn more about Raghu Rai’s craft: his techniques, his iconic works and some personal stories to help you look at photography from a unique perspective.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Raghu Rai Foundation for Art and Photography (14 February 2022) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8195424457 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8195424450 Reading age ‏ : ‎ 15 years and up Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 32 x 24 x 2 cm Weight ‏ : ‎ 1500 grams

Raghu Rai (born in December 1942) qualified as civil engineer, started photography at the age of 23 in 1965. He joined The Statesman newspaper as their chief photographer (1966 to 1976), and was then Picture Editor with Sunday—a weekly news magazine published from Calcutta (1977 to …

May 15, 2024 · Magnum photographer Raghunath Rai Chowdhry, called Raghu Rai is often called the “father of Indian photography”. The extraordinary work of this Indian photographer and photojournalist with a calm and warm personality is a result of a life-long career spent photographing in black and white.

Raghu Rai is a photographer and photo editor from India. He started in photography at 23 as the chief photographer for The Statesman, an Indian daily newspaper. Soon after, he became the picture editor for Sunday, a weekly magazine in Calcutta.

Jan 30, 2024 · Much is already known about Raghu Rai — a critically acclaimed photographer who has received national honours and gained international eminence over the years through the intensity of his photographic practice, primarily through his career as a photojournalist and photography books.

Aug 21, 2021 · Raghu Rai currently lives and works in New Delhi, India. He is one of India’s most iconic photographers and is the recipient of the highest civilian Indian honour of the Padmashree in 1972 for his work on the Bangladesh War, and became the first laureate to win the Academie des Beaux Arts Photography Award in 2019.