“I was never just a photographer on assignment… I was sent to shoot specific stories, but I would document the entire journey” — Raghu Rai (1942–2026). www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
always loved this photo of Churchgate station in Mumbai in 1995 (i lived around the corner at the time) by the great Raghu Rai who has just died. NYTimes obit here www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
RIP Raghu Rai. “…if you want to be a creative being — then you need a rocket inside you. “Something that never stops firing. You don’t rest. You just keep flying.”
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Raghu Rai’s harrowing photographs of the 1971 war between India and Pakistan, which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh, earned him the Padma Shri award, one of India’s highest civilian honors www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
R.I.P. Raghu Rai, Photographer Who Captured Modern India, Dies at 83
Mr. Rai documented major figures like the Dalai Lama and Indira Gandhi, as well as the victims of a poison gas leak in the city of Bhopal.
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