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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Phaidon Press (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998
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River of Colour: The India of Raghubir Singh comes as close as any book could to capturing the photographer’s remarkable skill with color and light. The book’s straightforward cover introduces the wealth of rich colors that Singh saw as the most imprortant aspect of his native India. The image quality and large scale of the book combine to successfully portray Singh’s dynamic and profound photographs.