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Subject: [Leica] Raghu Rai
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:12:49 +0530
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Ric,
Thanks for looking - I was very lucky to have the opportunity. The
beauty was the simplicity of his equipment - a Canon 5D MarkII, the
24-105 lens and a small flash. No bag, no filters, nothing else
impeding the photography.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, PSM
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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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