My blog : http://www.nagraj.com

One of the most important texts ever written about Photgraphy, and reality (or lack thereof) in it is Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes. I wish I could read out parts of it to you, but this will have to do: Wikipedia & Amazon. This should take care of the ‘unreal’ or ‘false’ nature of my image.

The idea of my image itself is a bit more difficult to explain, but the simplest argument would perhaps be, i saw something and made this image. If you could believe me, it is as ‘true’ a representation of what i saw as any ‘real photograph’. Incidentally, i don’t really have too many problems with the large number of cows and other such cattle that proliferate in our lives in India. But I did love the way the railway employee justified the existence of those cows.

I would like to know what you think about Art, and Digital Art though, Atul.

u agree or disagree, but i can prove that the image shown on your blog is fake….Why?

1) All cows are ditto same , only sizes are different… Can u find two similar cows at one place?
2) Railway Track is Quite green, just like Astroturf…u may say this could be a mansoon time….but just have a look at Tree behind padestrian bridge? there are no signs of greenery. It indicates bout some other season.
3) Even in mansoon time, u would not find such greenery in Rly Stn’s tracks at Mathura.

What do u say now?

का हो पन्डितजी,
हमरे मथुरा मे इत्ते हरे हरे रेलवा की पटिरिया नाही होती….का है इ सब?
और तनिक बताया जाय कि इ डेनमार्क की गइया इहा का कर रही है?

हमरी गइया मइया एसन नही दिखती