Former veteran media photographers Rattan Jadoo has died.
Jadoo was a former photographer with the Trinidad Guardian for 13 years before moving to the Newsday in 1993, where he spent over 25 years as the company’s chief photographer.
Jadoo was considered one of the media’s best photographers in an era that included other veterans such as Rudy Arthur Taylor, Noel Saldenah, Max Lai Leung and Maurice Brown.
He was skilled not only in photography itself but also printing the photos as a lab technician, in those days of film.
He extensively covered Parliament but is best remembered for an iconic photo of late Archibishop Anthony Pantin conversing with a homeless man outside the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception.
He covered T&T’s first and only appearance at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and was a regular at football, cricket and other sports across the country.
Another former newspaper photographer who worked closely with Jadoo, Azlan Mohammed, remembered Jadoo fondly.
“I worked with Rattan for over 20 years. He was a consummate professional and one of the best news and sports photographers in T&T’s media history. Though a stern photo editor, and operator, all he ever wanted for his photographers were the best pictures of the day for the newspaper pages,” he said.
Jadoo’s passing follows the passing of four other long-standing practising and former journalists this year—Anthony Harris, Joel Nanton, Suzanne Mills and David Elcock.
