Kerala Images

These are pictures taken in 2003, as well as some frames from my 2-hour video documentary, "Kerala, God's Own Land (1993)"and unreleased footage from 1996. In some cases, you may get more information about the frame from the file name. Since this is an ongoing project, I expect to add more images. Click on the thumb nails you would like to see. Then sit back and enjoy!

A WORD ABOUT THE VIDEO FRAMES: Before you take another step, please bear in mind that the resolution of the scanned frames I have posted here will not approach that of slides or photographs taken on still cameras. However, these same frames look fabulous on the video masters and the VHS copies when played on VCRs, as originally intended. There are qualitative limits to deriving still frames from moving images. I also firmly believe I am being fair and representative of Kerala in selecting the images. Considering most of these frames are derived from pans, zooms or footage filmed from high speed vehicles (such as planes, trains, and cars, characterized by inherent shake), the results are not what I am satisfied with. But, subscribing to the philosophy, "it's better than nothing", the overwhelming feedback I have received attests to that thinking. Moreover, now that I have made it clear that these pictures, for that matter, any others on various media, will never do justice to Kerala's breathtaking beauty, I am sure someone who has never seen Kerala will be prudent enough not to jump to any adverse conclusions or form any ill-conceived notions purely based on this "best effort"! 


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2003 Pictures

Some Frames from my Kerala Video

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Pictures by others

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Koshy George's site featuring frames not included above
(The first person to create a site around the video!)