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Gold dresses, flower markets and sitars: Pirelli’s 2027 calendar features all-Indian cast

Latest edition of one of world’s most influential fashion photography publications is also shot entirely in India

The Guardian - UK

"I had no right to do it alone," says world-renowned photographer Sølve Sundsbø on why India needed more than one photographic voice for the 2027 Pirelli Calendar

The celebrated photographer reflects on collaborating with Raghu Rai and Avani Rai for the Pirelli Calendar 2027 and why India demanded more than one perspective

Digital Camera World

While 3 pairs of eyes captured India, completing Raghu Rai's work felt like "stepping into his gaze," explains Pirelli Calendar 2027 photographer Avani Rai

Photographer Avani Rai reveals what it meant to complete her father's work for the Pirelli Calendar 2027, collaborating across generations to capture the many faces of India

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Raghu Rai: the trailblazing photographer who documented the vast diversity of a changing India

In April, as India’s governing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ran elections in parts of the country, a visionary Indian passed away. He went quietly, much as he had lived, and left behind a vast photographic archive of the world’s most populous nation.

The Conversation

A snapshot of the photographer Raghu Rai

Brief letters: An act of generosity | Vasectomy reality | Ignoring paperwork | Arm wrestle for premiership

The Guardian - UK

Raghu Rai obituary

Celebrated photographer who captured the political upheavals and everyday life of post-independence India

The Guardian - UK

Hafta letters: Bengal poll issues, Raghu Rai tribute, football

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Magnum photographer Raghu Rai was cremated with a Nikon Z8 and a roll of expired Kodak film

At the funeral of India's greatest documentary photographer, the two objects placed on his chest told his whole story

Digital Camera World

Raghu Rai: The eye that held India’s ordinary and extraordinary

There are moments that can wither away with fleeting attention, or even when captured, get frozen in clichéd frames. Only in a few hands do they retain the dignity of detail in their ordinariness.

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RIP Raghu Rai: India's greatest documentary photographer dies aged 83

A Magnum member handpicked by Cartier-Bresson, Raghu Rai spent 60 years documenting India with patience and courage

Digital Camera World

Tributes pour in as legendary Indian photographer Raghu Rai dies at 83

Magnum photographer was regarded as a visual chronicler of India

The Independent UK

Raghu Rai’s ‘A Thousand Lives’: a 40-year journey

250 black-and-white images spanning the formative years of the photographer’s career reveal an India that feels both familiar and foreign

The Hindu

Himmat Shah at 90 | Stories in ink and diamonds

Sculptor Himmat Shah turns 90 and takes his exploration of the human form and ideas of transience in a new direction

The Hindu

In memory of Raghu Rai: A legendary lens on Indira Gandhi and Emergency

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'Publications now carry government's pictures': Press Club event looks at what ails photojournalism

On the first floor of the Press Club of India, in the corridor outside the conference room, a group of photojournalists were smoking cigarettes on Friday afternoon. “These men are stuck in a world that has long passed,” said one of them, carefully balancing a filter and tobacco on a…

The Times of India

India is so stimulating: French Ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain on his book with Raghu Rai

A treat to those who love photography, 'To France in India', co-authored by French Ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain and veteran photographer Raghu Rai was released last week. The book captures both countries through evocative stills by His Excellency Emmanuel Lenain and award winning photographer Raghu Rai. In an exclusive…

The Hindu

Hyderabad Literary Festival 2022 to open online on January 28

The line-up of delegates includes Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, vocalist T M Krishna and master lensman Raghu Rai

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