RAGHU RAI
FATHER OF INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHY
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 always work close, very close, to his subjects and uses great compositional skill to capture their emotions and inner lives. He was a protégé of the great Henry Cartier Bresson, who appointed Raghu, then a young photojournalist, to Magnum Photos in 1977.
Raghu became a photographer in 1965, and a year later joined the staff of New Delhi newspaper The Statesman. In 1976, he left the paper and became a freelance photographer. From 1982 until 1992, Raghu was the director of photography for news magazine India Today. He has served on the jury for World Press Photo from 1990 to 1997 and he is known for his books, Raghu Rai's India: Reflections in Color and Reflections in Black and White.
