Two Colombos

Two of the many Colombos in the City of Colombo. Slave Island, April 2024.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/2000 • ISO100 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Return to Wekanda

It’s been a couple of years since I was here, shooting a documentary assignment. They’ve finally cut off the water and electricity, but there are still people living here, against all odds. Wekanda Housing Scheme, Stewart Street, Slave Island. April 2024.

^{• 20mm • f/4 • 1/1250 • ISO200 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/800 • ISO200 •}

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/400 • ISO200 •}

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/400 • ISO200 •}

The Sun and the Lion

Against the alternate backdrops of the Indian Ocean and downtown Colombo, the Sri Lankan flag is raised by the military at sunrise each day, and lowered again at sunset. Galle Face Green, Colombo, 2024.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/40 • ISO1250 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

^{• 58mm • f/8 • 1/4000 • ISO400 • Canon R6 & KMZ Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 •}

St Anthony’s Sub-Post Office

Ratnam Road, Kochchikade, Colombo. September 2023.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/40 • ISO250 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Gods of the Old City #2

Sooran Poar festival, Muthumariamman Kovil, Sea Street, Pettah. November 2023.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/80 • ISO1250 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Gods of the Old City

Sooran Poar festival, Sea Street, Pettah. November 2023.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/250 • ISO400 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Night Shift

New Moor Street, Hulftsdorp. December 2023.

^{• 50mm • f/2 • 1/400 • ISO2500 • Canon R6, with an RF50/1.2L from Canon/Metropolitan} 

English Pettah

An early 20th century building in the English Palladian style, 4th Cross Street, Pettah. December 2023. Many of these buildings, scattered through the older parts of Colombo, are falling into disrepair; not old enough to be declared protected by the Archeology Department. This one, and many like it in Pettah, are used as warehouses by wholesalers. Little interest is shown in the upkeep of these urban landmarks as they gradually give way to damp and age. The demolition of the crumbling De Soyza Building in Slave Island, in 2021, brought much public outcry, despite the fact that the structure had been visibly deteriorating for many years with no attempt by the owners, the authorities, or the public, to restore it.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/200 • ISO200 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Rush Hour on Main Street

Pettah, Colombo. November 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/1000 • ISO320 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

The Cliffs of Colombo

Downtown Colombo, November 2023.

^{• 800mm • f/11 • 1/340 • ISO800 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 from Canon/Metropolitan}