‘Raghu Rai didn’t just photograph India, he invented a way of seeing it’: Rohit Chawla
In Raghu Rai’s own words, photography “for me, is darshan… you have to make yourself available mentally, physically, spiritually to the moment.”
| Photo Credit: Rohit Chawla
I came to Raghu Rai before I came to photography.
As a young, 18-year-old inconsequential boy shooting for a city magazine, more to fund a relationship than any artistic calling, photography was a means to an end, until his images began to intrude — in passing at first, then completely. They didn’t just influence what I shot, they altered what I thought a photograph could hold.
Published – April 26, 2026 05:05 pm IST
