You will not forget Raghu Rais people. It does not matter if they are famous or unknown, the master photographers images of them are so arresting that they stamp themselves immediately on the viewers gaze. What he is able to do is catch the essential truth of his subjects in a way that renders them unforgettable. He says, When I take a persons portrait, I am trying to capture the aura of that person, the persons spirit in the picture. I am trying to get the truth of that person to emerge in the photograph.