Raghu
Rai has been a Magnum
photographer since 1977, when he was nominated to the world’s most prestigious
photographers’ cooperative by the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-
Bresson. His work has appeared in international publications such as Time,
The New York Times, Sunday Times, National Geographic, GEO, The New
Yorker and others.
For
the last thirty years, he has been exhibiting in major cities throughout the
world and has won numerous awards. Twenty-five of his photographs are in the
permanent collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, while he was the
first-ever photographer to be honoured with the Padma Shri, one of
India’s highest civilian awards. He has also appeared on the jury for the World
Press Photo Contest three times. Rai has published more than thirty books of
his photographs, including this book.