Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the references, Jayanand. I was familiar with Singh's work but not Rai's. I will see where I can find his Caltutta book (amazon UK and US were not helpful) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Apr 17, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Luis, > Those were masters of the B&W era, they had to, by and large, make do > without colour film. If you have not seen modern Indian masters, let me > showcase a couple of homegrown products, both of whom I think can hold > their > own anywhere. Firstly Raghu Rai, the most famous of the Indian > photographers > - his best known photographs are of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Mother Teresa > and Calcutta. Though he does take a lot of colour, it is these subjects > that > stick in the mind, and all three, because of the horror, simplicity and > grime respectively, suit B&W very well. Here are his Magnum portfolios: > > Bhopal Gas Tragedy: > http://www.magnumphotos.com/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.StoryDetail_VPage&pid=2TYRYDDG70XJ > > Mother Teresa: > http://www.magnumphotos.com/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2K7O3R1H3PDJ > > Calcutta (or Kolkata as it is now): > http://www.magnumphotos.com/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2K7O3R152K1Q > > One of the single most horrifying photographs I have ever seen, it sends > goose pimples up my skin even today, I would guess mainly because I grew up > in Bhopal in the 1960s and early 1970s: > http://hotparade.tumblr.com/post/3521577334/raghu-rai-burial-of-an-unknown-child-the > > The other photographer is the late Raghubir Singh, who is a maestro of > colour, and fittingly enough, his best book is called "River of Colour", > which shows India in all its diversity, and is a natural for the colour > medium: > > http://www.raghubirsingh.com/home_en.php > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Lluis Ripoll > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Jayanand, >> >> Right!, your country is powerful in color and this is a logical >> temptation, >> but I remember many great pictures of India from great masters as HCB, >> Sabine Weiss, Bischoff, Marc Riboud that B&W give a special light and >> atmosphere, except Bischoff's famous portarit of a poor woman the other >> mentionned was not particularly shooting poverty, IMO there is an abuse of >> these kind of shots. I think that when I go to India I'll prefer shot >> manly >> in B&W >> >> cheers >> Lluis >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >