Raghu Rai

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Raghu Rai

Raghu Rai ( Panjabi ਰਘੂ ਰਾਏ * 18th December 1942 in Jhang , Punjab , British India ) is an Indian photographer and photojournalist. He started his career in 1965 and became one of the most influential photographers in his country. For his life's work, he was awarded the Padma Shri (fourth highest Indian civil order) in 1972. As well as “Photographer of the Year” in 1992 for his work “Human Management of Wildlife in India”, which was published in National Geographic Magazine .

Life

Raghunath Rai Chowdhry was born in Jhang, Punjab Province, in 1942. At the age of 23 he devoted himself to photography in the 1960s after training as a civil engineer. He got his affinity for photography through his older brother, who was already an established photographer. He worked for The Statesman newspaper in New Delhi since 1966 . In 1976 he stopped working for this newspaper and worked as a freelancer. Henri Cartier-Bresson appointed him a member of the renowned Magnum Photos agency in 1977 . From 1982 to 1992, Rai worked for India Today magazine as the photography director. He became particularly well known for his photos of the Bhopal accident , which he documented on behalf of Greenpeace International . From 1990 to 1997 he was a member of the World Press Photo jury .

Rai lives and works in New Delhi. Solo exhibitions of his works were shown in 1997 and 2008 in the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, in 2001 in Bunkamura in Tokyo and in 2004 in the Musei Capitolini in Rome . His photographs have also been shown in Milan in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano , in the CoalMine photo gallery in Winterthur , in the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires , in the Leica Gallery in Prague and at the Rencontres d'Arles photo festival .

Awards

  • 1972: Padma Shri
  • 1993: Photographer of the Year

literature

  • 1971: Mother Teresa - Faith & Compassion (1971, 1996)
  • 1971: Indira Gandhi (1971, 1985)
  • 1977: Bihar shows the way
  • 1984: The Sikhs (1984, 2002)
  • 1985: Raghu Rai's Delhi (1985, 1992)
  • 1985: India (1985)
  • 1986: Taj Mahal, (1986)
  • 1989: Calcutta (1989),
  • 1991: Khajuraho (1991),
  • 1991: Tibet in Exile (1991),
  • 1995: My land and it's people (1995)
  • 1996: Lakshadweep (1996)
  • 1998: Men Metal and Steel (1998)
  • 2000: Madhya Pradesh (2000)
  • 2004: Indira Gandhi - A living legacy (2004)
  • 2004: Mother Teresa - A life of dedication (2004)
  • 2007: India notes (2005) curated by Magnum Photos,
  • 2007: Raghu Rai's India - Reflections in Black & White (2007)
  • 2008: Raghu Rai's India - Reflections in Color (2008)
  • 2008: Calcutta - Kolkata - 2008
  • 2008: Delhi - Contrast and confluences - 2008
  • 2009: Tibet in Exile - 2009
  • 2010: India's Great Masters - a Photographic journey into the heart of classical music - 2010
  • 2010: Bombay - Mumbai - where dreams don't die - 2010
  • 2010: The Indians - 150 years of portraiture in India - 2010
  • 2010: Varanasi - Portrait of a Civilization - 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Raghu Rai at Greenpeace
  2. ↑ Raghu Rai • Photographer Profile • Magnum Photos. Retrieved July 3, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Day: Raghu Rai - Interview In: The Guardian . January 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Catalog for the exhibition Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in the Whitechapel Art Gallery (London) and the Fotomuseum Winterthur , 2010, ISBN 9783869301389 , p. 350
personal data
SURNAME Rai, Raghu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian press photographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Jhang , British India