Pose at the FOSE

Federation of Self-Employees (FOSE) Market, Pettah. December 2023.

^{• 24mm • f/2.8 • 1/320 • ISO400 • Canon R6 & EF-S24/2.8 •}

Young Fishmonger

Oddamavadi, Sri Lanka. October 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/500 • ISO100 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Hungry Eyes

Kandy Municipal Central Market. January 2024.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/100 • ISO250 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

The Early Bird Gets the Smiles

Traders welcome morning shoppers at the Federation of Self-Employees (FOSE) Market, 5th Cross St, Pettah. April, 2018.

^{• 24mm • f/4 • 1/500 • ISO400 • Canon 6D & EF24-105/4L •}

“Those Days when We were Young…”

Thus begins the familiar tale often heard when older people lament the prices of things today. But in a Sri Lanka staggering under an economic disaster unknown in modern history, skyrocketing inflation has made the ‘Good Ol’ Days’ seem like just yesterday. In this April 2018 picture, shot for a J Walter Thompson market study, salted prawns at the FOSE Market, in Pettah, Colombo’s main market district, go for just Rs100 (about 65 US cents at the time) for 100g. Today, the rupee price of this is almost seven times higher (though still just under $2, due to the nose-diving rupee).

^{• 105mm • f/4 • 1/50 • ISO400 •}

Fresh Fruit

The Colpetty Market, Colombo, Sri Lanka. April 2018. To learn more about this interesting old doyen of the city, check out my photo story, ‘Prevailing Against All Odds‘, in Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines.

Offers for Sale

A stall sells garlands of flowers, incense sticks, scented oil, and other items used as offerings in ceremonies at the nearby Hindu kovils on Sea Street, in the Colombo zone of Pettah. Sri Lanka, September 2018.

A Night at the Fruit Market, Kandy #5

Shermaine Willis and Anuradha Perera, shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy. Sri Lanka, October 2018.

Strike a Pose

Maharagama Textile Bazaar, April 2018.

Breakfast on the Go, Maharagama, Sri Lanka

A vendor sells sweet sago porridge from a food cart in the Maharagama textile bazaar, close to Colombo, in Sri Lanka. April 2018.