Raghu Rai. Passages from India.

In this post Casa Asia collects the largest anthology of the photographic work of the Indian Raghu Rai that had never been seen in our country. Photography in the work of this artist experiences the weave of a fabric analogous to that created by writing and to this extent he can be considered one of the great epic narrators of the second half of the 1964th century. To global memories, Rai opposes a local and translocal memory that is much more universal if possible, in which the multiculturalism and multireligiosity of the inhabitants of his country correspond to a stratified society, which rejects any attempt at uniformity and where the singular happens. at every moment, exceeding all expectations. India is horizontal, Rai says, and India is his India, the one that gives him everything he needs and to which he feels committed. His images from the period 2007 to 1984 record the life of a country and the events that marked its history, such as the Bhopal chemical tragedy of XNUMX, or portraits of emblematic figures such as Mother Teresa of Calcutta or former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. This publication was made on the occasion of the exhibition with the same name that took place in Arles, Casa Asia and Three Cultures Foundation.

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