A baby donkey, Delhi 1965
RETROSPECTIVE B/W
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, why and where they were taken. Raghu Rai recorded the nation’s history as it was being made; this book shows the humanity that lies at the heart of that history. It is this humanity
that reaches out to the reader and makes viewing these pictures such a memorable experience. As he says in the Introduction to his book, If people can connect with my pictures and enjoy them that is enough for me. It’like you are walking down the street and you smile at someone and they smile back. There is nothing given and nothing taken. It is just like a little nudge, a recognition of humanity and life. That is what photography means to me.’
Haryana 1966
Haryana 1967
My Father and My Son, 1969
Sensuous Baby, Tripura 1970
A Drum, Delhi 1966
An Old Man, Delhi 1970
Old Delhi 1967
Flute Player, Delhi 1975
Varanasi 1974
Among The Sparrows, Delhi 1968
Rashtrapati Bhawan, Delhi 1986
Two Old Men, Old Delhi 1970
The Wall – II, Old Delhi 1973
The Wall – III, Old Delhi 1975
A Village Door, Delhi 1968
Out Skirts, Delhi 1965
Chawri Bazar, Old Delhi 1964
Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi 1966
Junior Bull Fighter, Delhi 1970
Girdhari Lal Being Photographed, Delhi 1988
Woman Cart Pusher, Delhi 1979
Rajpath, Delhi
After Flash Floods, Jaipur 1977
Reflection, U.P 1970
Under a Mango-Grove, U.P 1996
Road Side Scene, Shimla 1992
Faith Healers, Kerala 1994
Monsoon Clouds Marine Drive, Mumbai 1996
Babus Under a Tree, Delhi 1972
Monsoon Downpour, Delhi 1984
At Lunkaransar Village, Rajasthan 1989
Birla Mandir, Delhi 1973
Stilled By Rain, Haryana 2000
At Bus Stop, Delhi 1982
Punjabi Wedding, Delhi 2003
Turkman Gate, Delhi 1979
Ganpati Celebration, Mumbai 2001
The Day Before…..Ayodhya 6 Dec. 1992
Imambara, Lucknow 1992
Rock garden, Chandigarh 1994
On a Toy Train, Darjeeling 1995
Avani at Her Farm Baliawas, Haryana 1996
Building Highway, Hyderabad 2004
Tea Vendor, Delhi-Mumbai Train 1982
Church Gate Station, Mumbai 1996
Film Maker, Satyajit Ray 1985
Pt. Ravi Shankar, Varanasi 1986
Burning Ghat, Varanasi 2003
Evening Prayer Jama Masjid, Delhi 1982
Dockyard, Kolkata 1990
Shifting Sand, Vidyasagar Setu, Kolkata 1996
Mullick Ghat, Kolkata 1990
Among The Goddesses, Kolkata 1991
Preparing For Durga Pooja, Kolkata 1999
On a Roof Top, Kolkata 1989
Flower Market, Kolkata 2004
Sheep And Tank Maidan, Kolkata 2004
Activities On Bank Of Hooghly, Kolkata 2000
Street Painter Chowringhee, Kolkata 1990
Acrobat At Maidan, Kolkata 1990
Immersion At Babu Ghat, Kolkata 1989
Dust Storm, Rajasthan 1985
Wrestlers Under Hawrah Bridge, Kolkata 2004
Artist Studio, Kolkata 2004
Visitors, Kanyakumari 2006
Central Avenue, Kolkata 1990
Morning Rituals Near Hawrah Bridge, Kolkata 2004
All Eyes And Ears For The Leader At Chowringhee, Kolkata 2006
Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi 2004
Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan 2004
Turkman Gate, Delhi 2005
Sleeping Dreams, Tagore Castle Street, Kolkata 2004
Effigies Of Ravana Brothers, Delhi 2005
Celebrating Arrival Of Spring At Rabindra Bharti, Kolkata 2006
Drum Players, Kolkata 2004
Brahmin Boys, Varansai 2006
Feeding Pigeons, Hooghly Ghat, Varansai 2005
Worshiping Ganga, Kolkata 2004
Watching Nag Nathaiya Festival, Varanasi 2004
Traffic Constable And Horse Bagghie, Kolkata 2004
Akshardham Temple, Delhi 2005
Mahakumbh, Allahabad 2001
Mintala Ghat, Kolkata 2003
Under Hawrah Bridge, Kolkata 2000
Sealdah Sabji Mandi, Kolkata 2004
Portraits At Ghosh Family House, Kolkata 1989
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Delhi 1986
Muharram in Mehrauli, Delhi 2007
Indira Gandhi Addressing From Red Fort, Delhi 1980