Raghubir Singh-My inspiration for photography

Raghubir Singh,who might have not heard his name he was the pioneer of color photography,anybody who has not heard his name is a noob to the great art of photography.Born in India in the same state where I was born,the royal state of Rajasthan ,I consider him as my idol.Even though he is not alive today,he still lives in my heart for the great pieces of works which always remain my source of inspiration.

Raghubir Singh is widely known for his tremendous amount of work that he did to pioneer color photography.He believed that the only way to depict contemporary India was through color photographs not through black and white ones which were prominent during his time.I like the vivid use of colors that can be seen in every photograph by him.It inspires me too to click photographs with plethora of colors.Below is one of his famous photographs "Pavement Mirror,West Bengal,1991"

The photograph depicts the colors of India,at the same time inspires one to work in chaos of India and still make sense and put it in order.To put the same photograph in black and white would be injustice,if you see-

One cannot see the amount of detail and the vividness the photographer wanted the viewer to see and therefore it is an injustice.You can put this this way- more the colors,more the details.In an interview with Time Magazine, Raghubir Singh said “To see India monochromatically, is to miss it altogether.”This statement inspires me to click pictures with maximum vividity of colors because wherever you take a picture in the world the same rule applies and to click pictures with less colors you miss the details.So next time you take a picture capture more colors and see the magic of colors yourself!