Trees

by Raghu Rai

From India’s most distinguished photographer, Raghu Rai, this book is the production of an extraordinary collection of black-and-white photographs of trees drawn from an archive spanning over forty years. Raghu Rai has always been a nature lover and through his lens, we experience the tree as a living monument-not only as a graphic symbol but we also observe human presence around it. We experience his relentless passion for a subject he had no option but to make photographs of. About the Author: Raghu Rai (born in Jhan, now Pakistan, 1942) trained as a civil engineer and began photographing in 1965. He joined The Statesman newspaper as the chief photographer from 1966 to 1976 and thereafter became the Picture Editor of Sunday, a weekly news magazine from 1977 to 1980. Rai joined Magnum Photos, the prestigious photographer’s cooperative in 1977 on a nomination by the legendary photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson. He took over as the Picture Editor-Visualiser-Photographer of India Today, a leading news magazine in its formative years (1982 -1991). Author of over 35 photography books, Raghu Rai’s photographs have been widely published and exhibited across the world. He was awarded the Padma Shree in 1972 in recognition for the reportage he produced on Bangladesh war and refugees. He continues to photograph an make books, making him one of the most prolific photographers in India. Raghu Rai lives in New Delhi.

108 pages, Hardcover

About the author

Raghunath Rai Chowdhry (born 1942), known as Raghu Rai, is an Indian photographer and photojournalist. He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who appointed Rai, then a young photojournalist, to Magnum Photos in 1977.

Rai became a photographer in 1965, and a year later joined the staff of The Statesman, a New Delhi publication. In 1976, he left the paper and became a freelance photographer.[citation needed] From 1982 until 1992, Rai was the director of photography for India Today. He has served on the jury for World Press Photo from 1990 to 1997. He is known for his books, Raghu Rai's India: Reflections in Colour and Reflections in Black and White.