Picturing Time: The Greatest Photographs of Raghu Rai

Raghu Rai

ISBN 10: 9384067180 / ISBN 13: 9789384067182

Published by Aleph Book Company, 2015

About this Item

In Picturing Time, Raghu Rai, India s greatest living photographer, puts together the finest pictures he has taken over the course of a career that spans fifty years. His photographs of war, faith, monuments like the Taj Mahal, ordinary Indians, our greatest leaders, saints and charlatans, deserts and much else besides in black and white, and in colour, are imprinted on our memory. However, they have never been collected before in a single book. To add to our appreciation of these extraordinary pictures, most of them are accompanied by the photographer s insights into how, when and why the photographs were taken. To mark this landmark in his legendary career, he has put together, for the first time, the definitive selection of his finest pictures, across a variety of themes, along with the stories behind the photographs. Timeless, often unsettling, and always unforgettable, these pictures will change the way we see our world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Picturing Time: The Greatest Photographs of Raghu Rai
• Publisher: Aleph Book Company
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9384067180
• ISBN 13: 9789384067182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Picturing Time, Raghu Rai, India?s greatest living photographer, puts together the finest pictures he has taken over the course of a career that spans fifty years. His photographs of war, faith, monuments like the Taj Mahal, ordinary Indians, our greatest leaders, saints and charlatans, deserts and much else besides in black and white, and in colour, are imprinted on our memory. However, they have never been collected before in a single book. To add to our appreciation of these extraordinary pictures, most of them are accompanied by the photographer?s insights into how, when and why the photographs were taken. To mark this landmark in his legendary career, he has put together, for the first time, the definitive selection of his finest pictures, across a variety of themes, along with the stories behind the photographs. Timeless, often unsettling, and always unforgettable, these pictures will change the way we see our world.

About the Author

In his half a century as a photographer, Raghu Rai has won many national and international awards and accolades including being nominated in 1971 by Henri Cartier Bresson to Magnum Photos. His solo exhibition has travelled to London, Paris, New York, Hamburg, Prague, Tokyo, Zurich and Sydney. His photo essays have appeared in Time, Life, GEO, the New York Times, the Sunday Times, Newsweek, The Independent, and the New Yorker. He received the Padma Shri in 1971. Raghu Rai currently lives and works in New Delhi.