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TRANSFORMATIONS

Work Period: 2017 - 18

TRANSFORMATIONS

Imprints of Time and the images of ethos on the putrefied negatives discovered from an old photo studio.

TRANSFORMATIONS

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
Photo-paintings

Work Period: 2018-2020

Photo-paintings

A body of mixed media work, always beginning with a printed photograph.

Photo-paintings

#Photo-Paintings #Recent Work
Hand-toned Photographs

Work Period: 2017-2020

Hand-toned Photographs

A Collection of photographic prints that were hand-toned globally or differentially with natural/synthetic pigments.

Hand-toned Photographs

#hand-made #Recent Work
ABOUT NOTHING

Work period: 2010 - 2019

ABOUT NOTHING

This is a series of photographs about nothing. It is a journey through the notion of incongruity.

ABOUT NOTHING

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
The Magnetic Circles

Work Period: 2018

The Magnetic Circles

A photographic revisualization of some of the paintings by old masters construing the idea of magnetic points.

The Magnetic Circles

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
JOURNEY OF THE FIREFLIES

Work Period: 2019-20

JOURNEY OF THE FIREFLIES

The souls of my ancestors revisit the earth to observe their legacy live on.

JOURNEY OF THE FIREFLIES

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
CITYSCAPES

Work Period: 2016-19

CITYSCAPES

Photographed from malfunctioning digital monitors, the images become metaphors of the inconsistency of the products, the producers as well as the period.

CITYSCAPES

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
Butterflies of the Lost Spring

Work Period: 2017

Butterflies of the Lost Spring

Re-photographed from deteriorated photo prints, the images symbolize the souls of the butterflies and their rebirth.

Butterflies of the Lost Spring

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
AMALGAM

Work Period 2019

AMALGAM

A photographic statement about the visual contamination caused by commercial hoardings along highways.

AMALGAM

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
FOLIAGE

Work Period: 2020

FOLIAGE

A Photographic Appreciation of Leaves.

FOLIAGE

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
THE STREET AS STAGE: Part 1 (the backdrop)

India: 2010 - 2019

THE STREET AS STAGE: Part 1 (the backdrop)

Indian streets as an enormously open stage that surrounded me with its various theatrical elements and visual surprises.

THE STREET AS STAGE: Part 1 (the backdrop)

#Documentary
THE STREET AS STAGE: PART 2 (spaces)

India: 2010-2019

THE STREET AS STAGE: PART 2 (spaces)

Indian streets as an enormously open stage that surrounded me with its various theatrical elements and visual surprises.

THE STREET AS STAGE: PART 2 (spaces)

#Documentary
The Street as Stage: Part 3 (The Props)

India: 2010-2019

The Street as Stage: Part 3 (The Props)

Indian streets as an enormously open stage that surrounded me with its various theatrical elements and visual surprises.

The Street as Stage: Part 3 (The Props)

#Documentary
The Street as Stage: Part 4 (Dialogue)

India: 2010 - 2019

The Street as Stage: Part 4 (Dialogue)

Indian streets as an enormously open stage that surrounded me with its various theatrical elements and visual surprises.

The Street as Stage: Part 4 (Dialogue)

#Documentary
The Street as Stage: Part 5 (Monologue)

India: 2010 - 2019

The Street as Stage: Part 5 (Monologue)

Indian streets as an enormously open stage that surrounded me with its various theatrical elements and visual surprises.

The Street as Stage: Part 5 (Monologue)

#Documentary
The Street as Stage: part 6 (The Story)

India: 2010 - 2019

The Street as Stage: part 6 (The Story)

Indian streets as an enormously open stage that surrounded me with its various theatrical elements and visual surprises.

The Street as Stage: part 6 (The Story)

#Documentary
Oman: Inhabited Landscapes

Work Period: 2015

Oman: Inhabited Landscapes

Inhabited landscapes of Oman with evident signs of human involvement with the land.

Oman: Inhabited Landscapes

#Documentary
Toys as Memory

Work Period: 2015

Toys as Memory

Toys objectify longings; they exist as inorganic reminders of innocence, jubilation, and gratification.

Toys as Memory

#CONCEPTUAL
On the Day of Decapitation

Work Period: 2019-2020

On the Day of Decapitation

Overdrawn photographs of the cut-section of trees felled down by those who enjoyed the shade and breathed the clean air.

On the Day of Decapitation

#Photo-Paintings #Recent Work
MINIATURE PHOTO-PAINTINGS

Work Period: 2018-2019

MINIATURE PHOTO-PAINTINGS

Over-painted photographs a mixed media miniatures.

MINIATURE PHOTO-PAINTINGS

#Photo-Paintings #Recent Work
Life-makers of Marina Beach

Work Period: 2018

Life-makers of Marina Beach

The infinite variety of inanimate objects and installations that support the livelihood of thousands of people on Marina Beach, Chennai.

Life-makers of Marina Beach

#Documentary #Recent Work
Powerful Crosses

Work Period: 2017-2019

Powerful Crosses

About the cross-shaped posts that support the powerlines.

Powerful Crosses

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
Moving Pictures

Work Period: 2018

Moving Pictures

A story about Chennai’s motion picture posters of the 1960s and 70s as expressed through the iconography and design.

Moving Pictures

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
Single Point Story

Work Period: 2018

Single Point Story

The subtle changes that happen at a point in Time that are appreciable to a refined gaze.

Single Point Story

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
The Stumps

Work Period: 2018

The Stumps

About the stumps that remained after a seasonal felling, and about the miserable feelings they had.

The Stumps

#CONCEPTUAL #Recent Work
Cultural signs of Valparai

Work Period: 2016

Cultural signs of Valparai

The cultural, political and economic signs on the streets and walls of an ancient hilltown.

Cultural signs of Valparai

#Documentary
TREES IN MOONLIGHT

Work Period: 2010

TREES IN MOONLIGHT

Photographed in moonlight, these are pictures of some trees awaiting the sunrise.

TREES IN MOONLIGHT

#1995 - 2010
SPACE DEBRIS

Work Period: 2017

SPACE DEBRIS

The rubbles at a construction site remind me of the plethora of man-made objects revolving around the Earth.

SPACE DEBRIS

#CONCEPTUAL
TRIBES OF ANAPPANTHAM

Work Period: 2018

TRIBES OF ANAPPANTHAM

A photo-documentary about the survivors of a landslide that engulfed the tribal settlement in 2005.

TRIBES OF ANAPPANTHAM

#Documentary
VISTAS OF TAMIL LAND

Work Period 2019

VISTAS OF TAMIL LAND

Vast and profound landscapes of the Land of Tamils.

VISTAS OF TAMIL LAND

#Documentary #Recent Work
FORM & FORMLESSNESS

FORM & FORMLESSNESS

Concerning the concept of ‘form’, it’s visual representation and of its absence.

FORM & FORMLESSNESS

#CONCEPTUAL #hand-made
Signed Landscapes

Work Period: 2015-2017

Signed Landscapes

About the corporate ‘signatures’ which are first put on the landscape, and then copied insidiously onto the collective mind of the community.

Signed Landscapes

#Documentary
Trance in Wetland

Work Period 2016

Trance in Wetland

About the mystical stillness of a wetland – a trance that is observed, often broken by the worldly forces.

Trance in Wetland

#CONCEPTUAL
Disparate Connections

Photographic Diptychs

Disparate Connections

The diptych and the viewer form a closed organic triangle that contains and blends the content of the dialogue among them.

Disparate Connections

#CONCEPTUAL #Photo Diptych
Visual Ephemera

Work Period: 2011-14

Visual Ephemera

The split-second coincidences that depict the mysterious alchemy underlying ordinary events.

Visual Ephemera

#CONCEPTUAL
City Soliloquy

Work Period - 2015

City Soliloquy

Images of the social, political and religious symbolism found in the streets of Mumbai, India

City Soliloquy

#Documentary
Platinum Prints

Platinum Prints

Platinum Prints

#1995 - 2010 #hand-made
Conversation with Nature

Conversation with Nature

Conversation with Nature

#1995 - 2010

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