VETERAN photographer Krishna Maharaj was cremated on Tuesday after a private funeral ceremony at Dass Funeral home in Chaguanas.
Maharaj, 70, died on Saturday of cardiac arrest.
He worked for 50 years in the media.
He was Chief Photographer at the Express and also worked at the Trinidad Guardian and Newsday. Upon his retirement he opened the Trinidad and Tobago School of Photography (TTSOP) and trained hundreds in his specialty.
Relatives of Krishna Maharaj perform final rites at the Waterloo Cremation Site
Maharaj also published the InFocus Community newspaper.
At the cremation at Waterloo a number of his former colleagues were present.
Media colleagues: from left Guardian photographer Rishi Ragoonath; Newsday’s Ayana Kinsale; Express reporter Nikita Braxton; Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip; CNC senior cameraman Ivan Toolsie; Guardian senior reporter Sasha Wilson; AZP News Photo Editor Azlan Mohammed; Guardian photographer Vashti Singh; 360 Sports Media Network’s Vinode Mamchan; Express Photo Editor Robert Taylor; Express senior reporter Susan Mohammed; Retired CNC3 Cameraman Mano Ragbir; Minister of Agriculture Kazim Hosien, Newsday’s Yvonne Webb and Guardian freelance photojournalist InnissFrancis. Photo: Courtesy Nadine Mamchan
Minister of Agriculture Kazim Hosein whose daughter went to the TTSOP was at the cremation as well.
Krishna Maharaj’s only daughter, Anju, performs final rites
