GHOSH (Nemai), edited by Alok B. Nandi. - Lot 117

GHOSH (Nemai), edited by Alok B. Nandi. Satyajit Ray: 70 Years. Foreword by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Brussels: Eiffel Éditions, 1991. Oblong in-4 format, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. First edition of this important tribute published on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray (1921–1992). The book brings together the remarkable photographs taken over more than twenty-five years by Nemai Ghosh, the director’s official photographer and close friend, who followed the film shoots, the creative process, and the private life of the man whom many consider one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. With a foreword by Henri Cartier-Bresson, a fervent admirer of Ray, the volume is enriched by testimonials from an impressive circle of writers, filmmakers, actors, musicians, and intellectuals, including Akira Kurosawa, Michelangelo Antonioni, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Richard Attenborough, Arthur C. Clarke, V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Yehudi Menuhin, Marc Riboud, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ben Kingsley, Mike Leigh, Jean-Claude Carrière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and many others. The photographs offer a unique glimpse into Ray’s creative world: intimate portraits, scenes from film sets, moments of reflection, drawings, sheet music, and personal documents. Today, they constitute one of the most important collections of images dedicated to the director of *The Lament of the Path*, *The Music Room*, and *Charulata*. Condition: Copy in good condition. Dust jacket shows creases, wrinkles, and some soiling, mainly on the back cover and the flaps; interior is clean and complete.