[Leica] Raghu Rai

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

You are a lucky man, Jay.

But so is Rai for having the pleasure of your company and eye that day.

ric


On Feb 21, 2012, at 11:31 AM, scleroplex wrote:

> dear sir,
> an honour and privilege indeed!
> i have one book of his - river of colour.
> very lovely.
> and am very happy you got to do this :-)
> more photos please!
> bharani
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:29:23 +0530
> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Raghu Rai
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> Last week it was my honour and privilege to accompany Raghu Rai,
> India's foremost documentary photographer and photojournalist, on a
> shooting trip to the ancient city of Mahabalipuram near Chennai. For
> starters, here are two studies of the master himself:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Mahabs/mammalapuram_20120217_323.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Mahabs/mammalapuram_20120217_314.jpg.html
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> 
> A selection of Raghu Rai's images for those who are interested:
> 
> 
> Magnum:
> http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R13L4PM&nm=Raghu%20Rai
> 
> Guardian: http://www.sunday-guardian.com/gallery/raghu-rai
> 
> Though to me, his greatest image will always be the iconic one he took
> in the aftermath of the Bhopal tragedy, which really says it all:
> 
> http://www.kamat.com/database/content/photographers/raghu_rai.htm
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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