Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> ? ? ? <psm1857 at googlegroups.com> >> Message-ID: >> ? ? ? <CAH1UNJ1JZ90DxspNq0Zapo-wOtA6pC-73SwEjyODSo=i+duLrA at >> mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information