Raghav Pasricha is a Delhi-based photographer whose work spreads across multiple genres of documentary, product, architectural and event photography. His wedding photography using a documentary approach is distinctive and has led to commissions from leading industrialist and business families. Since 2008, he has extensively photographed Indian classical musicians and bands.With an MPhil in visual anthropology from the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, Raghav brings his academic credentials to his photographic practice. He believes in structuring narratives from the perspective of his photographic subjects. He has documented and explored multiple social issues such as urban development, the unorganized labour sector and the lives of individuals from marginalized groups. His academic paper ‘Photographing Climate Change: Constructing an Imagination’ (2013) won critical acclaim in academic circles in India.
Keenly interested in development issues, he interned with development organizations and developed concepts and events that engage children in documenting their own lives through photography. Raghav’s work has been published in leading local and national dailies, periodicals, online magazines and album covers. He shot the cover of Volume I of Indradhanush, a multi-volume documentation project commissioned by Rashtrapati Bhavan. He does commercial assignments with designers, scenographers and educational institutions.