Photographer Raghu Rai has died, his family said on Sunday. He was 83.
Considered a protégé of French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rai became a photographer in the 1960s and worked for The Statesman in Delhi and India Today magazine before freelancing.
He was on the jury for the World Press Photo contest between 1990 and 1997.
Rai published more than a dozen photo books: on the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the Taj Mahal and Bangladesh.
In 1972, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour.
In pictures:
- Thirty years later, photographer Raghu Rai returns to site of his iconic Bhopal images
- Capturing the moments of a movement: Raghu Rai’s chronicle of JP and the Bihar students agitation
- Raghu Rai’s five-decade career captures the essence of India
- ‘I can never be true to my experiences without a camera’: Raghu Rai
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