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Raghu Rai
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Capturing the depth of human emotions has always be the strong point of leading photographer Raghu Rai’s work. His panoramic, wide-angle shots capture complex emotion in frozen instants, portraying moments of deep thought. This intensity is perhaps, most apparent in Rai’s images that depict the fallout of the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984. In a heart wrenching series of photographs, Rai arrests the chaos and paranoia of the situation as it...
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Capturing the depth of human emotions has always be the strong point of leading photographer Raghu Rai’s work. His panoramic, wide-angle shots capture complex emotion in frozen instants, portraying moments of deep thought. This intensity is perhaps, most apparent in Rai’s images that depict the fallout of the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984. In a heart wrenching series of photographs, Rai arrests the chaos and paranoia of the situation as it appeared before him. His life like coverage of the tragedy won him a World Press Photo Award in the same year.
Rai has also been tremendously moved by the humanitarian work of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa. The photographer had the privilege of capturing the Nobel Peace Prize and Bharat Ratna award winner on film at various points between 1970 and her death in 1997, and has also taken striking images the State funeral she was given in the country. Apart from his works based on particular incidences and personalities, Rai has also built an exceptional portfolio of images of different communities, traditions and customs, the fast pace of urban life in the metropolises of India, and landscapes portraying the lively river banks in Varanasi and Kolkata.
Raghu Rai was born in 1942 in Jhhang, now part of Pakistan. His career in photography started in the year 1965, a year after he began to work for the prestigious New Delhi daily publication, the Statesman. In 1976, Rai left the newspaper and worked as a freelance photographer for the next six years. From 1982 – 1992, Rai served as the Director of Photography for the newsmagazine India Today. He has also served on the jury for World Press Photo award three times.
Over the years Rai’s work has also been featured in several solo shows around the world, including those at Casa Asia, Barcelona, in 2008; ‘The Journey of a Moment in Time: Raghu Rai’ at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Mumbai, in 2008; ‘Just By The Way: Rocks, Clouds and Nudes’ at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, in 2007; ‘India’ at Musei Capitolini Centrale Montemartini, Rome, in 2005; ‘Bhopal 1984 – 2004’ at Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, in 2005; and ‘Oriented’ at FotoGrafia, Festival Internazionale di Roma organized by the Comune di Roma, also in 2005. Amongst his most recent group endeavors are ‘CLICK ! Contemporary Photography in India’ at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2008; ‘Namesake / Inspiration’ at Sepia International, New York, in 2007; and ‘Indianscope: L'Inde intemporelle dans l'Inde d'aujourd'hui’ at the Maison de la Photographi, France, also in 2007.
In 1971, Rai was awarded the Padmashree, one of India’s highest civilian awards. In 1992, he won global acclaim for his National Geographic cover story “Human Management of Wildlife in India.” Leading magazines and news dailies such has Time, Life, GEO, The New York Times, Sunday Times, Newsweek, The Independent and the New Yorker have published many of Rai’s photo essays.
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Born
1942
Jhhang, now part of Pakistan
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 'Trees', Photoink, New...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 'Trees', Photoink, New Delhi
2012-13 'Divine Moments', travelling exhibition in association with Vacheron Constantin & Tasveer at Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata; Gallery Art.Motif, New Delhi; Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai; The Gallery at Sua House, Bangalore and Design Gallery, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad
2012 'My India', as part of Foto Freo 2012 at Western Australian Maritime Museum (WAMM)
2011 'Invocation to India', Aicon Gallery, London
2011 'Raghu Rai: A Retrospective', Aicon Gallery, New York
2011 'Invocation to India', New Art Exchange, Nottingham in collaboration with Aicon Gallery, London
2010 'Raghu Rai: A Retrospective', Aicon Gallery, London
2010 'Maestros: Masters of Indian Classical Music',presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2008 Casa Asia, Barcelona
2008 ‘The Journey of a Moment in Time: Raghu Rai’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Mumbai
2007 ‘Just By The Way: Rocks, Clouds and Nudes’, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
2007 'Maestros: Masters of Indian Classical Music', Bodhi Art, Singapore
2007 'Earthscapes', Bodhi Art, Singapore
2006 'Just By The Way', Tasveer, Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai
2005 ‘India’, Musei Capitolini Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy
2005 ‘Bhopal 1984 – 2004’, Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005 ‘Oriented’, FotoGrafia, Festival Internazionale di Roma 2005 organized by the Comune di Roma
2004 Muse de Capitolini, Rome
2004 ‘Exposure’, Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Leica Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 ‘Exposure: Portrait of a Corporate Crime’, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2003 ‘Bhopal’, Sala Consiliare, Venice, Italy; Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Kendamy Museum, Italy
2002 Volkart Foundation, Winterthur, Switzerland
2002 ‘Raghu Rai’s India: A Retrospective’, Photofusion, London, UK
2002 ‘India: A Retrospective’, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Japan
1997 ‘Retrospective’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India
1995 ‘Mu Land and Its People’, India
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011-12 'Reprise 2011', Aicon Gallery, New York
2010 'Freedom', Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2008 ‘CLICK ! Contemporary Photography in India’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Namesake / Inspiration’, Sepia International, New York
2007 'Lens', Bodhi Art, Singapore
2007 ‘Indianscope: L'Inde intemporelle dans l'Inde d'aujourd'hui’, Maison de la Photographie , France
2004 ‘Naufraghi Di Terra’, Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy
2003 ‘Global Detail. Main Exhibition of Noorderlicht 2003’, Der Aa-kerk, Groningen, Netherlands
Participations
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010', represented by Gallerie Ganesha at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2010 'Art Dubai 2010', presented by Aicon Gallery, New York
2010 'ARCO 2010 Madrid', presented by Aicon Gallery, London
2010 'Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh', Whitechapel Gallery, London; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2008 ‘Magnum Photos 60 years’, Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam
2007 ‘Rencontres d'Arles 2007’, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, France
2004 ‘Exposure’, at Chobi Mela III : International Festival of Photography, Asia 2004, Drik Picture Library Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004 ‘Exhibitions at the Month of Photography’, FOTOFO Foundation, Profil Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Honours and Awards
1992 Photograph of the Year, USA
1992 Critical Acclaim for his...
1992 Photograph of the Year, USA
1992 Critical Acclaim for his National Geographic Cover Story ‘Human Management of Wildlife in India’
1977 Nominated by Henri Cartier-Bresson to join Magnum Photos
1971 Padmashree Award, India
Served Three Times on the Jury of the World Press Photo .
Served Twice on the Jury of UNESCO's International Photo Contest
His Photo Essays have Appeared in Many of the World’s Leading Magazines and Newspapers including Time, Life, GEO, The New York Times, Sunday Times, Newsweek, The Independent, and the New Yorker.
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