Raghu Rai photo expo

There’s a Raghu Rai photo expo on at Tasveer gallery(Bangalore) that got extended till the 26th. Tasveer’s off British Library on Kasturba Cross Road.

Raghu Rai is, according to grapevine, India’s ace photographer, who is part of Magnum photos – apparently* the most prestigious snapper clique. He is a PadmaShree awardee. Magnum photos bio on Rai is here.

The exhibition hosts pictures mostly from the 80′s, 90′s and some from the 00′s. None from Rai’s Bhopal Gas Tragedy or Kumbh Mela coverage, but plenty from other places – tons of nudes, actually – most, which this author found rather tasteless.

Some of the pictures I liked were a pic taken after a flash flood, pic of a child holding onto its mom’s bare breast, a man with his flute against the backdrop of the ocean. The better pictures were the ones which made one feel as though you were there, looking right at the image, than at some photo.

Tasveer also has a prescence in Bombay, Delhi and Calcutta.

Bangalore address:

26/1 Sua house,
Kasturba Cross Rd
Bangalore – 1

Ph: 2212 8190