Tumblr (3.0; @joelsuganthphoto)http://joelsuganth.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5snu3ZSVY1ryk3w8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5snu3ZSVY1ryk3w8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5snu3ZSVY1ryk3w8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5snu3ZSVY1ryk3w8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5snu3ZSVY1ryk3w8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A few Years before I used to practice Kalaripayatt.  I felt tremendous energy, whenever I did the Meipayattu ( a sequence of movements). I wanted to recreate that energy through a series of images, and I choose to do this set. </p> <p>I worked together with Pramod -a long time student of Kalaripayatt, whose poses were perfect to my eyes- to create these images.</p>http://joelsuganth.com/post/25341479732http://joelsuganth.com/post/25341479732Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:46:00 -0400Kalaripayatt<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sn8qV5KM1ryk3w8o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>In 2011, Shaji John, a Kalari guru in Chennai, wanted me to create some images for a Kalaripayatt book that he was working on. </p> <p>With the help of Shaji’s students ( Pramod, Jayakumar, and Sudarshan) we worked on a series of images that can be part of the Kalari manual.</p> <p>Around 30 images were published in the book, and although some of the images below, do not appear in the book, they are my favorites.</p>http://joelsuganth.com/post/25340693722http://joelsuganth.com/post/25340693722Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:34:00 -0400Kalaripayatt book<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sml27W8L1ryk3w8o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://joelsuganth.com/post/25339790003http://joelsuganth.com/post/25339790003Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:19:44 -0400Bhutan fantasy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qzwrBJWd1ryk3w8o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://joelsuganth.com/post/25277660760http://joelsuganth.com/post/25277660760Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:12:25 -0400KASI<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qy76HX3b1ryk3w8o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><pre id="yui_3_3_0_3_1341800041211101">To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour" -William Blake </pre> <p><span>This series of images are about dynamic forms in nature, and how visual analogy can be applied to concepts of incredible scale.</span><br/><span>After years of photographing the beach, the sunsets, and the sunrises, I looked for something that is more dynamic and personal. I started by photogramming the sand, the twigs and sometimes water from the beach, and I came across something that was closer to my experience of the place/event.</span></p>http://joelsuganth.com/post/25276023074http://joelsuganth.com/post/25276023074Sun, 17 Jun 2012 01:35:00 -0400Constellations