• Home
  • Works
    • 1995 – 2010
    • CONCEPTUAL
    • Documentary
    • hand-made
    • Photo Diptych
    • Photo-Paintings
    • Recent Work
  • Vision
  • Press
    • Reviews
    • News
  • Publications
  • Bios
  • Life
  • Contact
L1100341
L1100344
L1100364
L1100350
L1100388
__L1100180
L1100352
L1100349
L1100358
L1100354
L1100359
L1100343
L1100355
L1100356
L1100357
L1100360
L1100361
L1100362
L1100365
L1100367
L1100368
L1100369
L1100373
L1100370
L1100371
L1100372
L1100374
L1100375
L1100376
L1100377
L1100378
L1100379
L1100380
L1100381
L1100382
L1100383
L1100385
L1100387
L1100389
L1100390
L1100391
L1100392
L1100393
L1100395
L1100396
L1100397
L1100400
L1100401
L1100402
L1100403
L1100404
L1100406
L1100407
L1100409
L1100412

Other projects

MINIATURE PHOTO-PAINTINGS View Life-makers of Marina Beach Current Powerful Crosses View Moving Pictures View Single Point Story View The Stumps View Cultural signs of Valparai View TREES IN MOONLIGHT View
Previous Next Back to portfolio

Work Period: 2018

Life-makers of Marina Beach

Marina beach is a natural urban beach in Chennai, India, along the Bay of Bengal. Running a length of about 3.7 miles, it is the longest in the country and one of the busiest. It attracts about 30,000 visitors in a day on weekdays and about 50,000 on weekends and holidays. The beach accommodates about 2000 vendors who make a living by selling everything from snacks and drinks to balloons and gifts; there are mini giant-wheels, merry-go-rounds, balloon-shooters, and joyrides on every nook and corner.

I visited the beach on a monsoon day’s evening, immediately after a downpour, anticipating an empty beach with just the makeshift shops, huts, poles, wheels, rides, trolleys and desks, without the people who make use of it. My intent was to document the infinite variety of inanimate objects and installations that support the livelihood of thousands of people and entertain millions in a year. Those are revenue-makers for some and fun-givers for the other. Together, this system of structures develops into a unique band of life-makers of Marina Beach.

PRESENTATION: Archival Pigment Prints, 16.5 x 23.5 inches on cotton rag, printed by the artist, hand-signed with date, signature embossed, and stamped.
Body: 55
Editions: 6
Year: 2018
© Unni Krishnan Pulikkal S.

Project Type

  • # Documentary
  • # Recent Work
Concept, Text and Images © Unni Krishnan Pulikkal S.
Use arrows for navigation