◎ Raghubir Singh
Raghubir Singh is considered a pioneer of color photography. In the 1970s he was one of the first photographers to reinvent the use of color at a time when color photography was still widely disconsidered. His photographs, acclaimed for their organization of space, reflect the multiple aspects of contemporary India.
◇ Raghubir Singh on artnet
http://www.artnet.com/artist/706435/raghubir-singh.html
◇ Raghubir Singh - Galerie für Fotografie - f5,6 - München
Close in spirit to Henri Cartier–Bresson, whom Singh first met in 1966, he was always interested in „catching life’s entirety in a single glimpse of a moment.“(Henri Cartier-Bresson). Raghubir Singh has been acknowledged in the US, along with William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Sternfeld, as one of the leading pioneers of colour photography. His highly sensitive use of colour and complex image structures span a bridge between Indian and western pictorial traditions, yet it always remains uniquely Indian. This makes Raghubir Singh’s work incomparable.
http://f56.net/nw/artists.php?name=RaghubirSingh&lang=en&artist=09262&show=text
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◇ Raghubir Singh『River of Colour the India of Raghubir Singh』（Phaidon Press）
This is a retrospective view, since the mid-1960s, of the work of Raghubir Singh, one of India's greatest photographers. Published to mark the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, it contains images of India, with an introduction by Singh and quotations by India's best-known writers. Since the 1960s, Singh has roamed far and wide across the vast expanses of India, from the source of the Ganges and the ghats of Benares, to Bombay and the Himalayas. In his introduction, he explains what India means to him - focusing in particular on colour. Arranged in 11 thematic sections, the images capture the sights and smells of streetlife, monuments and pilgrims to create a comprehensive picture of daily life in India.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/River-Colour-India-Raghubir-Singh/dp/0714838063
http://www.amazon.co.jp/River-Colour-India-Raghubir-Singh/dp/0714846023
