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Raghu Rai
(
Indian
, born 1942)
Raghu Rai
INDIA. Calcutta. Bodybuilders and wrestlers on the ghats.
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Timeline
1942
Born in the small village of Jhhang, now part of Pakistan
1965
Took up photography
1966 - 1976
Joined "The Statesman" newspaper as its chief photographer
1971
Padmashree Award, India
1976 - 1980
Picture editor for "Sunday," a weekly news magazine published in Calcutta
1977
Joined Magnum Photos as a correspondent
1980
Worked as Picture Editor/Visualizer/Photographer of "India Today", India’s leading news magazine, during its formative years
1992
Photograph of the Year, USA
Raghu Rai lives in Delhi
Exhibitions
2005
India - Musei Capitolini Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy
Bhopal 1984 – 2004 - Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004
Exposure - Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Leica Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2003
Exposure: Portrait of a Corporate Crime - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Bhopal - Sala Consiliare, Venice, Italy; Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2002
Volkart Foundation, Winterthur, Switzerland
Raghu Rai’s India - A Retrospective – Photofusion, London, UK
1997
Retrospective - National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Public Collections
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Literature
2005
Mother Theresa: A Life of Dedication, Harry N. Abrams, USA
Romance of India, Timeless Books, India
2004
Indira Gandhi: A Living Legacy, Timeless Books, India
Exposure: Portrait Of A Corporate Crime, Greenpeace, Netherlands
2003 - 2004
Saint Mother: A Life Dedicated, Timeless Books, India; (Mère Teresa), La Martinière, France
2002
Bhopal Gas Tragedy (with Suroopa Mukherjee), Tulika Publishers, India
2001
Raghu Rai's India - A Retrospective, Asahi Shimbun, Japan
2000
Lakshadweep, UT of Lakshadweep, India
Raghu Rai... in his Own Words, Roli Books, India
1998
Man, Metal and Steel, Steel Authority of India, Ltd., India
1997
My Land and Its People, Vadehra Gallery, India
1996 - 2001
Dreams of India, Times Editions, Singapore/Greenwich, UK
1996
Faith and Compassion: The Life and Work or Mother Teresa, Element Books, USA
1994
Raghu Rai's Delhi, Indus/Harper Collins, India
1991
Khajuraho, Time Books International, India
1990 - 1991
Tibet in Esilio, Mondadori, Italy; (Tibet in Exile), Chronicle Books, USA
1990
Delhi and Agra (with Lai Kwok Kin and Nitin Rai), Hunter Publications, Inc., USA
1989
Calcutta, Time Books International, India
1988
Dreams of India, Time Books International, Singapore; (L'Inde), Arthaud, France
1986 - 1987
Taj Mahal, Times Editions, Singapore; Robert Laffont, France; Rizzoli Publications, USA
1985
Indira Gandhi (with Pupul Jayakar), Lustre Press, India
1984
The Sikhs, Lustre Press, India
1983
Delhi: A Portrait, Delhi Tourist Development Corporation/Oxford University Press, India/UK
1974
A Day in the life of Indira Gandhi, Nachiketa Publications, India
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