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Raghu Rai was born on 1942 in Jhang, British India, is a Documentary photographer. Discover Raghu Rai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation photographer, photojournalist
Age 82 years old
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Born 1942, 1942
Birthday 1942
Birthplace Jhang, British India
Nationality India

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1942

Raghu Rai (born 1942) is an Indian photographer and photojournalist.

1960

Rai became a photographer in the mid 1960s, soon joining the staff of The Statesman in New Delhi.

1962

Rai started learning photography in 1962 under his elder brother Sharampal Chowdhry (better known as S Paul), who is a photographer.

1965

In 1965 he joined "The Statesman" newspaper as its chief photographer.

1968

He and his colleague Saeed Naqvi visited Maharishi’s ashram in the spring of 1968, when The Beatles arrived.

1971

Impressed by an exhibit of his work in Paris in 1971, Henri Cartier-Bresson nominated Rai to join Magnum Photos in 1977.

1976

In 1976, he left the paper and became a freelance photographer.

Rai left "The Statesman" in 1976 to work as picture editor for "Sunday," a weekly news magazine published in Calcutta.

1977

He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who nominated Rai, then a young photojournalist, to join Magnum Photos in 1977.

1980

Rai left "Sunday" in 1980, and worked as a picture editor and photographer at "India Today" during its formative years.

1982

From 1982 until 1992, Rai was the director of photography for India Today.

From 1982 to 1991, he worked on special issues and designs, contributing picture essays on social, political, and cultural themes.

1984

For Greenpeace, he completed an in-depth documentary project on the chemical disaster at Bhopal in 1984, which he covered as a journalist with India Today in 1984, and on its ongoing effects on the lives of gas victims.

1990

He served on the jury for World Press Photo from 1990 to 1997.

He is known for his books, particularly Raghu Rai's India: Reflections in Colour and Reflections in Black and White.

Rai was born in the village of Jhang, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan), the youngest of four children.

2003

In 2003, while on an assignment for Geo Magazine in Bombay City, he switched to using a digital camera "and from that moment to today, I haven't been able to go back to using film."

2004

This work resulted in a book, Exposure: A Corporate Crime and three exhibitions that toured Europe, America, India and southeast Asia after 2004, the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

Rai wanted the exhibition to support the many survivors through creating greater awareness, both about the tragedy, and about the victims who continue to live in the contaminated environment around Bhopal.

2017

In 2017, Avani Rai, his daughter followed her father on one of his trips to Kashmir to get an insight into his life and know him better.

She released a documentary on this journey called Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait, executive produced by Anurag Kashyap.

Rai has produced more than 18 books focussing on the culture and people of India, including Raghu Rai's Delhi, The Sikhs, Calcutta, Khajuraho, Taj Mahal, Tibet in Exile, India, and Mother Teresa.

His photo essays have appeared in many magazines and newspapers including Time, Life, GEO, The New York Times, Sunday Times, Newsweek, The Independent, and the New Yorker.

He has served three times on the jury of the World Press Photo, and twice on the jury of UNESCO's International Photo Contest.