PORTRAITS AGAINST BACKDROP
Raghu Rai captures this fascinating land with love and affection, he says, “Whether I am using a backdrop which I rarely do or photographing people in their natural environments which I mostly do - it’s your focused spirit, connecting with the energies all around that structures itself together in a moment of revelation as a whole mass. Whereby creating an impression of a backdrop and it works together in unison with every other element in the foreground. This is the kind of discipline that brings together many nuances, many contradictions and unexpected elements in any given situation into a symphony. ”These beautiful nuances of a fascinating land are seen in Raghu Rai’s photographs, as they unfold the splendours of Gujarat– in its past, present and future glory.
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Bazigar, New Delhi, 2008
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Backdrop Series I, Pushkar, 2009
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Backdrop Series III, Pushkar, 2009
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Backdrop Series XI, Pushkar, 2009
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Backdrop Series IX, Nagaur, 2011
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Backdrop Series XI, Pushkar, 2009
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Backdrop Series IV, Pushkar, 2009
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Backdrop Series XII, Kachchh, 2011
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Backdrop Series II, Kachchh, 2011
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Backdrop Series VI, Kachchh, 2011
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Backdrop Series V, Pushkar, 2009