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About

Shibu Arakkal is a ‘Lorenzo il Magnifico’ Gold Prize winning Indian photo-artist with an artistic career of nearly twenty-five years. Known for his conceptual photographic art and a unique philosophical viewpoint, his works today are a part of various art collections.

His work embraces abstraction, minimalism and Zen philosophy, whilst merging analogue and digital photographic techniques of printmaking in a very unique and unconventional style.

Arakkal coined the term ‘iPhonography’ – the medium of digital photography using the iPhone and the resultant photographs as ‘iPhonographs’.

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iPhonography

‘iPhonography’ is the medium of digital photography using the iPhone and the resultant photographs are called ‘iPhonographs’.

In coining the term ‘iPhonography’, I wished to create a completely new genre of photography, where the focus wasn’t on the functional ability or the lack of it with the iPhone camera but to put the onus back on artistic ability, especially whilst using a basic photographic device.

This unconventional treatment of modern technology to revive the romance of print, in its analogue or digital forms, brings a rare visual quality to smartphone photography.

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“The greater the number of people who share a subjective opinion in favour of a work of art, the greater the possibility of that work becoming timeless”

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October 8, 2020 / 

‘The Sea and I’

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October 6, 2020 / 

Art of Struggle

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August 11, 2020 / 

2018 > Untitled

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Reproduction

A line of signature Shibu Arakkal works reproduced in various mediums meant for collectors interested in affordable photographic art reproduction.

The Shibu Arakkal line of reproduction caters to individual requests for a smaller number demand in the form of reproduction polaroids to framed and matted artist’s test prints at very affordable price points to suit most people. Also available is a series of limited reproduction photo art prints with a Mumbai based company collaborating with Shibu Arakkal on their online portal www.merchantsofcool.in.

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Quotes

  • "He has the heart of a painter and the mind of a photographer. I think this is a potent combination for a young photographer. He can create his own universe."
    Rafique Sayed | Photographer | 2006
  • "In his unusual collection of photographs there is indeed a certain resonance-a cameo quality of visual intentions and expressional evocations."
    Uma Nair | Asian Age | July 2001
  • "It is indeed wonderful how his photographs effortlessly guide you through the happy and sad moments of that time"
    Shakti Burman | Artist | Paris | 2011
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  • Mallaah
  • Four
  • Pipe Dreams
  • Lines in the Sand
  • Constructing Life
  • Duality
  • Finding Nowhere
  • Passing By
  • Skin
  • Eiffel O’Seven
  • Feeling Absence
  • Abstract Notions
  • Been There
  • Off the Shadow
  • Images of Europe

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⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . S ⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ The idea of life from a meaning of unmindfulness, seems intrinsically tied to a natural intuition. One that we as a species might not possess and if we do, I sense, is rapidly fading away.⁣ The intuition I refer to, typically left out of most spiritual discourses, is one that other animate beings certainly possess.⁣ It seems evident that our ideas of spirituality and our greater imagination is essentially drawn from the natural world, as it was before human civilisation. A spirituality that would help us evolve.⁣ ⁣ My philosophic preoccupation is one of intrigue for abstract forms that mean something to me as signs of life’s spirit. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty Two⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 60” x 29” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sirui #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India
⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . S ⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ The idea of life from a meaning of unmindfulness, seems intrinsically tied to a natural intuition. One that we as a species might not possess and if we do, I sense, is rapidly fading away.⁣ The intuition I refer to, typically left out of most spiritual discourses, is one that other animate beings certainly possess.⁣ It seems evident that our ideas of spirituality and our greater imagination is essentially drawn from the natural world, as it was before human civilisation. A spirituality that would help us evolve.⁣ ⁣ My philosophic preoccupation is one of intrigue for abstract forms that mean something to me as signs of life’s spirit. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty Two⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 60” x 29” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sirui #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India
⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . S ⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ The idea of life from a meaning of unmindfulness, seems intrinsically tied to a natural intuition. One that we as a species might not possess and if we do, I sense, is rapidly fading away.⁣ The intuition I refer to, typically left out of most spiritual discourses, is one that other animate beings certainly possess.⁣ It seems evident that our ideas of spirituality and our greater imagination is essentially drawn from the natural world, as it was before human civilisation. A spirituality that would help us evolve.⁣ ⁣ My philosophic preoccupation is one of intrigue for abstract forms that mean something to me as signs of life’s spirit. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty Two⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 60” x 29” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sirui #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India
⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . S ⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ The idea of life from a meaning of unmindfulness, seems intrinsically tied to a natural intuition. One that we as a species might not possess and if we do, I sense, is rapidly fading away.⁣ The intuition I refer to, typically left out of most spiritual discourses, is one that other animate beings certainly possess.⁣ It seems evident that our ideas of spirituality and our greater imagination is essentially drawn from the natural world, as it was before human civilisation. A spirituality that would help us evolve.⁣ ⁣ My philosophic preoccupation is one of intrigue for abstract forms that mean something to me as signs of life’s spirit. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty Two⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 60” x 29” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sirui #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India
⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . S ⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ The idea of life from a meaning of unmindfulness, seems intrinsically tied to a natural intuition. One that we as a species might not possess and if we do, I sense, is rapidly fading away.⁣ The intuition I refer to, typically left out of most spiritual discourses, is one that other animate beings certainly possess.⁣ It seems evident that our ideas of spirituality and our greater imagination is essentially drawn from the natural world, as it was before human civilisation. A spirituality that would help us evolve.⁣ ⁣ My philosophic preoccupation is one of intrigue for abstract forms that mean something to me as signs of life’s spirit. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty Two⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 60” x 29” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sirui #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India
⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . S ⁣ ‘Life III’ . April Twenty Twenty Three . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ The idea of life from a meaning of unmindfulness, seems intrinsically tied to a natural intuition. One that we as a species might not possess and if we do, I sense, is rapidly fading away.⁣ The intuition I refer to, typically left out of most spiritual discourses, is one that other animate beings certainly possess.⁣ It seems evident that our ideas of spirituality and our greater imagination is essentially drawn from the natural world, as it was before human civilisation. A spirituality that would help us evolve.⁣ ⁣ My philosophic preoccupation is one of intrigue for abstract forms that mean something to me as signs of life’s spirit. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty Two⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 60” x 29” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sirui #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India
⁣ ‘The Sea and I I’ . August Twenty Twenty T ⁣ ‘The Sea and I I’ . August Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ In what had been an ever-changing view of this world, as I had seen it through my journey thus far, my horizon had remained constant until the day when that blurred too.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Having embraced a dualistic view of my life as the norm, I neither focused on the sky nor the earth below but the horizon itself.⁣⁣⁣ That line in the sky wasn’t in reality a divider but a unifier of both parts which formed my own view of life.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ It was where the two parts joined to form a whole that summed up my own existence.⁣⁣⁣ A line that had taken me on the long walk to here.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/the-sea-and-i/⁣ ⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 72” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sea #Horizon #Kannur #Fujifilm #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘The Sea and I I’ . August Twenty Twenty T ⁣ ‘The Sea and I I’ . August Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ In what had been an ever-changing view of this world, as I had seen it through my journey thus far, my horizon had remained constant until the day when that blurred too.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Having embraced a dualistic view of my life as the norm, I neither focused on the sky nor the earth below but the horizon itself.⁣⁣⁣ That line in the sky wasn’t in reality a divider but a unifier of both parts which formed my own view of life.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ It was where the two parts joined to form a whole that summed up my own existence.⁣⁣⁣ A line that had taken me on the long walk to here.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/the-sea-and-i/⁣ ⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 72” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sea #Horizon #Kannur #Fujifilm #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘The Sea and I I’ . August Twenty Twenty T ⁣ ‘The Sea and I I’ . August Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ In what had been an ever-changing view of this world, as I had seen it through my journey thus far, my horizon had remained constant until the day when that blurred too.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Having embraced a dualistic view of my life as the norm, I neither focused on the sky nor the earth below but the horizon itself.⁣⁣⁣ That line in the sky wasn’t in reality a divider but a unifier of both parts which formed my own view of life.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ It was where the two parts joined to form a whole that summed up my own existence.⁣⁣⁣ A line that had taken me on the long walk to here.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Monsoon . Twenty Twenty⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/the-sea-and-i/⁣ ⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Untitled ’22 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 72” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2022⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #PhotographicPrints #Art #FineArt #Colour #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sea #Horizon #Kannur #Fujifilm #AffinityPhoto #Artist #ShibuArakkal #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt

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