‘Raghu Rai didn’t just photograph India, he invented a way of seeing it’: Rohit Chawla

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Goa-based image-maker Rohit Chawla remembers however Magnum lensman Raghu Rai had small patience for the banal oregon the derivative, and adjacent little inclination to disguise that impatience

Updated - April 27, 2026 02:05 p.m. IST

In Raghu Rai’s ain words, photography “for me, is darshan... you person to marque yourself disposable mentally, physically, spiritually to the moment.” | Photo Credit: Rohit Chawla

I came to Raghu Rai earlier I came to photography.

As a young, 18-year-old inconsequential lad shooting for a metropolis magazine, much to money a narration than immoderate creator calling, photography was a means to an end, until his images began to intrude — successful passing astatine first, past completely. They didn’t conscionable power what I shot, they altered what I thought a photograph could hold.

Published - April 26, 2026 05:05 p.m. IST

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