Raghu Rai

Indian photographer ( 1942-2026) · India · On the map · Artists · Died at 83

Raghu Rai was an Indian photographer and photojournalist, who is widely regarded as a pioneer of photojournalism in India and "India's most celebrated photojournalist". He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who nominated Rai, then a young photojournalist, to join Magnum Photos in 1977.

Raghu Rai is read about 64 times a day, in 21 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 105 days, one point a day.

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