Nemai Ghosh (photographer)

Nemai Ghosh
Nemai Ghosh in April 2019
Born(1934-05-08)8 May 1934
Calcutta, British India
Died25 March 2020(2020-03-25) (aged 85)
Kolkata, India
Occupationphotographer
Years active1960s–2020

Nemai Ghosh (8 May 1934 – 25 March 2020)[1] was a noted Indian photographer most known for working with Satyajit Ray,[2] as a still photographer for over two decades, starting with Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) till Ray's last film Agantuk (1991).[3][4]

He was a jury member at the 2007 National Film Awards,[5][6] and was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2010.[7]

He died on 25 March 2020. He was 85.[8]

Bibliography

Photographs of Satyajit Ray by Nemai Ghosh at Ghare Baire art gallery, Currency Building, Kolkata
  • Satyajit Ray 70 ans; Photographies de Nemai Ghosh; Contributions éditées par Alok B. Nandi,1991, Eiffel Editions, Bruxelles.
  • Satyajit Ray at 70 ; Photographs by Nemai Ghosh; Contributions edited by Alok B. Nandi, 1993, Point of View and Orient Longman
  • Nemai Ghosh (2000). Dramatic Moments: Photographs and Memories of Calcutta Theatre from the Sixties to the Nineties. Seagull Books. ISBN 978-81-7046-156-2.
  • Nemai Ghosh (2003). Satyajit Ray: From Script to Screen. National Gallery of Modern Art.
  • Nemai Ghosh (2004). Ray and the Blind Painter: An Odyssey Into the Inner Eye. New Age. ISBN 978-81-7819-041-9.
  • Andrew Robinson; Nemai Ghosh (photographs) (2005). Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-074-1.
  • Nemai Ghosh; Yusuf Arakkal; Stuart Forster; Giridhar Khasnis (2007). The Street: Arakkal Paints a Picture. Art Alive Gallery.
  • Nemai Ghosh; Geeti Sen (2007). Faces of Indian Art: Through the Lens of Nemai Ghosh. Art Alive Gallery. ISBN 978-81-901844-5-8.
  • Nemai Ghosh (2011). Manik Da: Memoirs Of Satyajit Ray. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-93-5029-040-8.

References

  1. ^ Chatterji, Shoma A. (25 March 2020). "Nemai Ghosh". Upperstall. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ Anjana Basu (July 2005). "The time of his life". Harmony, Celebrate Age Magazine. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. ^ Bhattacharya, Arijit (18 May 2011). "Through the lens". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  4. ^ Chatterjee, Partha (2011). "Glimpses of Ray". Frontline. 28 (13). Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  5. ^ "55th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  6. ^ "55th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
  7. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (2010)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2011.
  8. ^ "প্রখ্যাত চিত্রগ্রাহক নিমাই ঘোষের জীবনাবসান". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  • Samik Bandyopadhyay. Nemai Ghosh: Portfolio. Seagull Theatre Quarterly, Issue 2, Apr 1994. pp 52–57.