World Photography Day 2021: Iconic photos by legendary photographer Raghu Rai
- Padmashree Awardee, revered photographer and photojournalist Raghu Rai was born in December of 1942. A civil engineer by profession, he started photographing at the age of 23. Starting his career as a chief photographer for The Statesman, he went on to work with and have his work published in many well-known publications including Sunday, India Today, Time, Life, GEO, Vogue, Die Welt, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Le Figaro, Le Monde, among many others. In 1992, he was awarded the Photographer of the Year Award for his story in the National Geographic titles, Human Management of Wildlife in India, in the United States. The now 78-year-old photographer lives in his Delhi home and is writing his 57th book as per his website.
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Simply captioned as 1984, this image captured by Raghu Rai shows the beautiful female form perched on a phallic-shaped chair.(Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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An image of two street children sitting still in a subway tunnel as the fast-paced city moves around them captured by Raghu Rai in Mumbai, 1995.(Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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This image of Bismillah Khan was captioned, “Bismillah Khan saheb at his home in Varanasi. 1988.”(Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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This image of the Dalai Lama was captioned, “It was spring time. His holiness asked me to come see his garden.”(Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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This image of the Taj Mahal in Agra captured by Raghu Rai in 1985 shows the stark contrast between the grandeur of the monument and the life of those around it. (Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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This image was captioned as “Khajuraho, 1986″(Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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An image from Raghu Rai’s Bangladesh, 1971 collection. (Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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An image from Raghu Rai’s Bangladesh, 1971 collection. In 1972, Raghu Rai was awarded the Padmashree for his documentation of Bangladesh refugees, the war and its surrender.(Instagram / Raghu Rai )
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