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The Devotee
Nandini Valli Muthiah2016
Chennai Photo Biennale
Chennai, India
The ‘Devotee’, is a study, of cultural anthropological fashion and looks at the pilgrim of Sabarimalai as a mini community within society. The photo series looks at the devotee not just as an image of a relative, neighbour or a friend, but as a being who has by undertaking the penance required of him, become closer to his Ayappan (the god at Sabarimalai).
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Details
- Title: The Devotee
- Creator: Nandini Valli Muthiah
- Date Created: 2016
- Location: Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai
- Location Created: Chennai
- Type: Photograph
- Original Source: Artist Website
- External Link: Chennai Photo Biennale website
- Exhibition title: An unbearable lightness of being
- Exhibition Description: A sense of dystopia, unease, maybe even giggly laughter, hysteria, melancholy, or even pictures of the unnoticed
- CPB Edition: 2019
- Artist's biography: Nandini Valli Muthiah is a Chennai based Independent Photographer. She studied English Literature at Madras University and did her Master’s degree in French Translation and Interpretation from Pondicherry University. She then trained as a professional photographer at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth UK.
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