Bookmarked Musings: ‘Raghu Rai- Waiting for the Divine’ by Rachna Singh
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Poet and Critic Gopal Lahiri analyses Rachna Singh’s memoir Raghu Rai – Waiting for the Divine (Hawakal Publishers,2024), calling it a delight on every page.
Photography is an art form that captures moments and emotions but also conveys stories. Destin Sparks says, ‘ Photography is the story I fail to put into words.’ And we are amazed when we understand the creative process and the emotional depth behind this unique art form.
Rachna Singh’s Raghu Rai: Waiting for the Divine is an evocative and engaging memoir that brings out the essence of the life of the master photographer. It is not a biography detailing of life nor a conventional memoir but it goes beyond that. Raghu Rai’s life unfolds through conversations and meaningful dialogues that submerse the readers in its spirit and grandeur.
The author’s research on Raghu Rai mentions that focusing on the craft and mechanisms that generate unusual visual impressions are characteristic of the Raghu Rai’s avant-garde works. The study traces how the visual imagery within the photograph conveys his honesty of depicting the world around him.. For him, photography is his religion.
