J. Valerian Fernandez was a talented artist, photographer and interior decorator Kunnukuzhy in Thiruvananthapuram is famed for its settlement of Latin Christians. The ancestors of many of these families were once associated with the Travancore royals and worked as artists, photographers, and artisans. During the late 1870s, Arunachalam Pillai, an artist and amateur photographer from … Continue reading MELANGE: HIDDEN HISTORIES The ‘official photographer’ of the Travancore royals