'There is an invisible ancient thread running through our collective human consciousness a golden tether that binds us not only to the earth but to all that crawls, soars, prowls and sings upon it ...'
On each page of Animals, a new emotional experience awaits the reader.
A sizeable bull sits lazily in a sari shop, a monkey watches over the glittering night lights of a hill town, a horse offers the photographer and his shuttering device a hilarious sidelong glance.
Then there are images of walls lined with the snarling severed heads of big cats, elephants performing at a circus, unsuspecting gharials being forced out of a pond too close to a village.
In this profound juxtaposition rests an enduring hope to rekindle the spirit of coexistence amongst all living beings.
Through the visionary lens of one of the country's leading photojournalists, Raghu Rai, witness another India that remains mostly unnoticed or otherwise viciously brutalized. With a powerful introduction by animal rights activist and politician Maneka Gandhi, Animals is for everyone who believes in a more equal, just world, where all that breathes, breathes freely.
About the Author
Raghu Rai was one of India's most influential and legendary photojournalists. Between 1966 and 1976, he was chief photographer at The Statesman and was then Picture Editor, from 1977 to 1980, with Sunday a weekly news magazine published from Kolkata. After completing a Thomson fellowship in England, he also worked with The Times in London. Rai was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, the first to a photographer for the body of works he produced on Bangladesh refugees and the war. In 1992, he was awarded Photographer of the Year in the United States for the story 'Human Management of Wildlife in India', published in National Geographic. In 2009, he was conferred the Officer des Arts et des Letters honour by the French government. In 2016, he received a lifetime achievement award at the National Photography Awards in India. In 2018, he was celebrated by the Lucie Foundation in New York, as Master of Photojournalism. In 2019, Rai became the first laureate photographer of Acad mie Des Beaux Art in Paris one of the highest awards in photography ever given to a living photographer.
Maneka Gandhi is a prominent Indian politician, eight-term Member of Parliament, and the country s leading animal rights champion. Founder of People for Animals (PFA), she pioneered India's modern animal welfare movement. She has served as a union cabinet minister, authored several books, and remains a fierce voice for environmental conservation.
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