Nemai Ghosh (photographer)

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]

Not to be confused with the director and cinematographer Nemai Ghosh.

Nemai Ghosh
Nemai Ghosh in April 2019
Born	(1934-05-08)8 May 1934 Calcutta, British India
Died	25 March 2020(2020-03-25) (aged 85) Kolkata, India
Occupation	photographer
Years active	1960s–2020

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

• 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. 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.

External links

• "Portraits of Satyajit Ray". British Film Institute.
• Nemai Ghosh: Satyajit Ray and Beyond. DAG Exhibition
• Nemai Ghosh - a RAY of light. Documentary Film