{"id":416194,"date":"2026-04-29T06:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/416194\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:40:15","slug":"rest-in-light-legendary-fujifilm-x-and-magnum-photographer-raghu-rai-passed-away-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/416194\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest In Light &#8211; Legendary Fujifilm X and Magnum Photographer Raghu Rai Passed Away at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-layout=\"button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.fujirumors.com\/rest-in-light-legendary-fujifilm-x-and-magnum-photographer-raghu-rai-passed-away-at-83\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"\/><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.fujirumors.com\/rest-in-light-legendary-fujifilm-x-and-magnum-photographer-raghu-rai-passed-away-at-83\/\" data-text=\"Rest In Light \u2013 Legendary Fujifilm X and Magnum Photographer Raghu Rai Passed Away at 83\"\/><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fujirumors.com%2Frest-in-light-legendary-fujifilm-x-and-magnum-photographer-raghu-rai-passed-away-at-83%2F&amp;linkname=Rest%20In%20Light%20%E2%80%93%20Legendary%20Fujifilm%20X%20and%20Magnum%20Photographer%20Raghu%20Rai%20Passed%20Away%20at%2083\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener external noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest_pin addtoany_special_service\" data-pin-config=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.fujirumors.com\/rest-in-light-legendary-fujifilm-x-and-magnum-photographer-raghu-rai-passed-away-at-83\/\"\/><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/share_save_120_16.png\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rai-720x371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"371\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Official Fujifilm X and legendary Magnum Photographer Raghu Rai has passed away at 83.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rai documented major figures like the Dalai Lama and Indira Gandhi, as well as the victims of a poison gas leak in the city of Bhopal.<\/p>\n<p>Impressed by an exhibit of his work in Paris in 1971, Henri Cartier-Bresson nominated Rai to join Magnum Photos in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>For his work he was awarded, among the others, the Padma Shri award, one of India\u2019s highest civilian honors.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rai also produced <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/422OOIt\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">nearly 20 books which you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can read a brief summary of Rai\u2019s life at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/27\/world\/asia\/raghu-rai-photographer-dead.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">New York Times here<\/a> and check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/photographers\/raghu-rai\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fujifilm X Photographer page<\/a> as well as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnumphotos.com\/photographer\/raghu-rai\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Magnum page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Fujifilm X India wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXlo2QpEz5n\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a>, Rest in light, sir. 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