Nemai Ghosh

• Name — Nemai Ghosh • Born — 8 May 1934 • Birthplace — Calcutta, British India • Died — 25 March 2020 • Place of death — Kolkata, India • Occupation — Photographer • Years Active — 1960s–2020 • Spouse — Shibani Ghosh • Children — Santanu Ghosh, Satyaki Ghosh, Sharmistha Ghosh • Relatives — Grandchildren - Shreya Ghosh, Soham Ghosh, Pujarini Ghosh, Opashona Ghosh and Nilanjan Ghosh

• Born in Kolkata (then Calcutta), British India. • He began his artistic involvement in theatre, performing with Utpal Dutt’s Little Theatre Group. • His interest in photography was not planned; around 1966, by chance he acquired a camera and began experimenting.

Nemai Ghosh was married to Shibani Ghosh, who died on 28 March 2022. The couple had three children: • Their eldest son, Santanu Ghosh died of a brain tumour on 19 December 2001. He was survived by his wife Dalia Ghosh, daughter Shreya Ghosh, and son Soham Ghosh. • Their younger son, Satyaki Ghosh, became a photographer, following in his father’s footsteps. He is married to Madhura Ghosh with two daughters, Opashona Ghosh and Pujarini Ghosh. • Their youngest child, Sharmistha Ghosh, works as an educator.

• His first work with Satyajit Ray was on the film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969). From that point until Ray’s last film Agantuk (1991), Ghosh served as Ray’s still photographer. • Satyajit Ray referred to him as a kind of “Boswell” of his life with a camera, in reference to James Boswell, the famous biographer. He died on 25 March 2020. He was 85.