Picturing Time: The Greatest Photographs of Raghu Rai
A remarkable retrospective spanning half a century of visionary photography. Raghu Rai assembles his most arresting work in one volume for the first time, revealing the breadth of his lens across conflict zones, spiritual devotion, architectural splendour, and the textures of everyday life. From the Taj Mahal to anonymous faces, from political figures to wandering ascetics, his black and white and colour images have lodged themselves in the collective consciousness. What sets this collection apart is Rai's willingness to step back and explain his process. He unpacks the deliberate choices, the precise moments, the deeper motivations that shaped each frame. The photographs themselves possess an unsettling quality, often jolting you awake with their honesty. Nearly two hundred images accompany personal narratives that illuminate how these pictures came to be. Whether you're encountering his work for the first time or rediscovering familiar frames, the book feels like an intimate conversation with a photographer who's spent fifty years teaching us to look harder, think deeper, and feel more acutely. Profound and occasionally uncomfortable, these images linger long after you've closed the pages.
- Author: Raghu Rai
- Publisher: Aleph Book Company
- Genre: Photography
- ISBN: 978-9384067182
- Pages: 192 pages