In 'Before it all goes', photographer B S Shivaraju has tried to capture the city that became his home when he joined the police force 15 years ago. The series is a part of a month-long group show, titled 'Ways of Seeing', on at Art Houz, a gallery in Vasanthnagar.
"Bengaluru is very dear to me and I've seen it change so much, with many malls and flyovers mushrooming in different places over the years,'' says the lensman, known in the city's art circles as Cop Shiva. He misses the single-screen theatres in Gandhinagar and still visualises Nanda Theatre Road — a stretch of R V Road, thus known for the 'talkie' that has now been razed to the ground — with nothing but the canopies of the huge raintrees overhead, "without the Metro bridge".
These visuals, while they explain the ethos of the series, are not among the eleven frames that he is exhibiting this time with photographs by Shibu Arakkal and Clare Arni.
"I should do more shows to display them. I have taken so many pictures that I want to come out with a photo book," says Shiva, with a laugh.
Among the pictures being featured in the exhibition are photographs of the annual festival of 'karaga' from a decade ago, the Kempegowda Tower in Lalbagh he captured against a cloudy sky earlier this year, the Vidhana Soudha with the Metro construction in the foreground shot in 2013 and a top-view of Chamrajpet's Idgah Maidan, dotted with sheep, from a couple of years ago.Moving around in the city's art circles (Shiva is the coordinator of 1 Shanthiroad, an art space in Shanthinagar), kindled in him the urge to find artistic expression too. "And I thought, what easier medium can you find than the camera? That was in around 2008," he recalls.
Since then, apart from documenting the ever-changing cityscape, he has done a couple of projects on street artistes who masquerade as well known personalities.
"One used to wear the guise of Gandhi, and the other of the Tamil film actor-politician MGR," he says. A third is nearly ready for show and this subject dresses up as Ganesha. "Well, mostly Ganesha, but several other people as well," he adds.
Shiva's job has him
mostly out on the streets, giving him the opportunity to take in varied sights and sounds and a chance to come face to face with many cultural aspects of the city. "Culture has always fascinated me," says the native of Ramanagaram. "Next, I want to click pictures of the ritual-based festivals of Bengaluru. Everyone knows about the 'karaga' but there are several others that are little known," he adds.
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In 'Before it all goes’, photographer B S Shivaraju has tried to capture the city that became his home when he joined the police force 15 years ago. The series is a part of a month-long group show, titled 'Ways of Seeing’, on at Art Houz, a gallery in Vasanthnagar.
"Bengaluru is very dear to me and I’ve seen it change so much, with many malls and flyovers mushrooming in different places over the years,’’ says the lensman, known in the city’s art circles as Cop Shiva. He misses the single-screen theatres in Gandhinagar and still visualises Nanda Theatre Road — a stretch of R V Road, thus known for the 'talkie’ that has now been razed to the ground — with nothing but the canopies of the huge raintrees overhead, "without the Metro bridge”.
These visuals, while they explain the ethos of the series, are not among the eleven frames that he is exhibiting this time with photographs by Shibu Arakkal and Clare Arni.
"I should do more shows to display them. I have taken so many pictures that I want to come out with a photo book,” says Shiva, with a laugh.
Among the pictures being featured in the exhibition are photographs of the annual festival of 'karaga’ from a decade ago, the Kempegowda Tower in Lalbagh he captured against a cloudy sky earlier this year, the Vidhana Soudha with the Metro construction in the foreground shot in 2013 and a top-view of Chamrajpet’s Idgah Maidan, dotted with sheep, from a couple of years ago.Moving around in the city’s art circles (Shiva is the coordinator of 1 Shanthiroad, an art space in Shanthinagar), kindled in him the urge to find artistic expression too. "And I thought, what easier medium can you find than the camera? That was in around 2008,” he recalls.
Since then, apart from documenting the ever-changing cityscape, he has done a couple of projects on street artistes who masquerade as well known personalities.
"One used to wear the guise of Gandhi, and the other of the Tamil film actor-politician MGR,” he says. A third is nearly ready for show and this subject dresses up as Ganesha. "Well, mostly Ganesha, but several other people as well,” he adds.
Shiva’s job has him
mostly out on the streets, giving him the opportunity to take in varied sights and sounds and a chance to come face to face with many cultural aspects of the city. "Culture has always fascinated me,” says the native of Ramanagaram. "Next, I want to click pictures of the ritual-based festivals of Bengaluru. Everyone knows about the 'karaga’ but there are several others that are little known,” he adds.
"Bengaluru is very dear to me and I've seen it change so much, with many malls and flyovers mushrooming in different places over the years,'' says the lensman, known in the city's art circles as Cop Shiva. He misses the single-screen theatres in Gandhinagar and still visualises Nanda Theatre Road — a stretch of R V Road, thus known for the 'talkie' that has now been razed to the ground — with nothing but the canopies of the huge raintrees overhead, "without the Metro bridge".
These visuals, while they explain the ethos of the series, are not among the eleven frames that he is exhibiting this time with photographs by Shibu Arakkal and Clare Arni.
"I should do more shows to display them. I have taken so many pictures that I want to come out with a photo book," says Shiva, with a laugh.
Among the pictures being featured in the exhibition are photographs of the annual festival of 'karaga' from a decade ago, the Kempegowda Tower in Lalbagh he captured against a cloudy sky earlier this year, the Vidhana Soudha with the Metro construction in the foreground shot in 2013 and a top-view of Chamrajpet's Idgah Maidan, dotted with sheep, from a couple of years ago.Moving around in the city's art circles (Shiva is the coordinator of 1 Shanthiroad, an art space in Shanthinagar), kindled in him the urge to find artistic expression too. "And I thought, what easier medium can you find than the camera? That was in around 2008," he recalls.
Since then, apart from documenting the ever-changing cityscape, he has done a couple of projects on street artistes who masquerade as well known personalities.
"One used to wear the guise of Gandhi, and the other of the Tamil film actor-politician MGR," he says. A third is nearly ready for show and this subject dresses up as Ganesha. "Well, mostly Ganesha, but several other people as well," he adds.
Shiva's job has him
mostly out on the streets, giving him the opportunity to take in varied sights and sounds and a chance to come face to face with many cultural aspects of the city. "Culture has always fascinated me," says the native of Ramanagaram. "Next, I want to click pictures of the ritual-based festivals of Bengaluru. Everyone knows about the 'karaga' but there are several others that are little known," he adds.
In 'Before it all goes’, photographer B S Shivaraju has tried to capture the city that became his home when he joined the police force 15 years ago. The series is a part of a month-long group show, titled 'Ways of Seeing’, on at Art Houz, a gallery in Vasanthnagar. "Bengaluru is very dear to me and I’ve seen it change so much, with many malls and flyovers mushrooming in different places over the years,’’ says the lensman, known in the city’s art circles as Cop Shiva. He misses the single-screen theatres in Gandhinagar and still visualises Nanda Theatre Road — a stretch of R V Road, thus known for the 'talkie’ that has now been razed to the ground — with nothing but the canopies of the huge raintrees overhead, "without the Metro bridge”.
These visuals, while they explain the ethos of the series, are not among the eleven frames that he is exhibiting this time with photographs by Shibu Arakkal and Clare Arni.
"I should do more shows to display them. I have taken so many pictures that I want to come out with a photo book,” says Shiva, with a laugh.
Among the pictures being featured in the exhibition are photographs of the annual festival of 'karaga’ from a decade ago, the Kempegowda Tower in Lalbagh he captured against a cloudy sky earlier this year, the Vidhana Soudha with the Metro construction in the foreground shot in 2013 and a top-view of Chamrajpet’s Idgah Maidan, dotted with sheep, from a couple of years ago.Moving around in the city’s art circles (Shiva is the coordinator of 1 Shanthiroad, an art space in Shanthinagar), kindled in him the urge to find artistic expression too. "And I thought, what easier medium can you find than the camera? That was in around 2008,” he recalls.
Since then, apart from documenting the ever-changing cityscape, he has done a couple of projects on street artistes who masquerade as well known personalities.
"One used to wear the guise of Gandhi, and the other of the Tamil film actor-politician MGR,” he says. A third is nearly ready for show and this subject dresses up as Ganesha. "Well, mostly Ganesha, but several other people as well,” he adds.
Shiva’s job has him
mostly out on the streets, giving him the opportunity to take in varied sights and sounds and a chance to come face to face with many cultural aspects of the city. "Culture has always fascinated me,” says the native of Ramanagaram. "Next, I want to click pictures of the ritual-based festivals of Bengaluru. Everyone knows about the 'karaga’ but there are several others that are little known,” he adds.