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Praful Rao nasceu em 1951 em Kalimpong, no extremo nordeste da Índia — uma estação de montanha de grande interesse turístico situada na fronteira entre o Nepal e o Butão, perto de Kathmandu.

Serviu a Força Aérea indiana durante 23 anos como controlador de tráfego aéreo e regressou depois à sua cidade natal para gerir um cybercafe.

Iniciou-se na fotografia muito cedo, mas o advento das máquinas digitais deu um novo impulso ao seu trabalho e às causas em que se empenhou: a defesa dos direitos dos consumidores e das questões ambientais e a luta contra a sida e contra as drogas.

Gosta de fotografar pessoas e utiliza regularmente a cor, mas executa também muitas fotografias e preto e branco e cultiva o gosto pelas imagens minimalistas.

Praful Rao was born in Kalimpong, India, and after serving in the Indian Air Force for 23 years as an air traffic controller, he returned to his home town to run an internet café and concentrate on his photography. He is also involved in social causes like consumer movement, anti drugs and AIDS work and environmental issues. He is a self taught photographer whose interest in photography spans almost a whole lifetime. Having been introduced to photography as a teen, he has used a variety of film cameras for his work, yet the advent of digital cameras has given new emphasis to his photography. He specializes in no particular field, choosing to capture whatever catches his eye or creating photographs from themes in his mind. Though most of his photography is of people and nature, he has done some serious work on minimalism, still life and still enjoys doing black & white work.

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