Abstract: Melae Vaanum, Keelae Bhoomi is a photographic documentation of street children in Chennai and it is a visual narration of the dwelling condition of the street children today by the street children themselves clicking the images. The study critically reviews the images of the catalogue and portrays the effective environmental issues involved in the livelihood of street children such as water scarcity and pollution problems in the city, work environment of the children, and other environmental issues.The effectiveness of the visuals was studied in the theoretical framework of visual social semiotics and content analysis methodology has been adopted. Besides, the mentor and creator of the Photography Catalogue R.R. Srinivasan had been interviewed.The environmental issues focused by the print media in this catalogue in the form of graphic communication with image and text are a valid documentation by the street children in Chennai.
Keywords: Street Children, Pavement Dwellers, Documentation, Visual Social Semiotics.
Title: A Visual Social Semiotic Study of Photography Catalogue ‘Melae Vaanum, Keelae Bhoomi’ on Street Children
Author: Dr.S.Elango, Dr.I.Arul Aram
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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