Son of the Morning Light
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Archive for the tag "forest"
Jungle Girl
February 11, 2019
The “Udarata Menike” Crosses the Nine Arch Bridge at Dawn
January 31, 2019
Broken Mirror #2
January 15, 2019
The Green Wall
December 13, 2018
The Kehelgamu Oya Valley #6
December 11, 2018
The Old Gods and the New
December 6, 2018
The Maramba Wewa
November 15, 2018
Dawn Over the Kandyan Hills #4
November 13, 2018
Over the Edge
October 29, 2018
Aberdeen Falls, Sri Lanka #6
October 15, 2018
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THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE — Unable to get a window seat — or even standing room in a doorway — on the Kandy-Badulla train, I had to beg my way into the guard’s carriage so that I would have a vantage point to shoot the legendary Nine Arch Bridge between Ella and Demodara. Pointing out that he was bending the rules considerably, the guard allowed me aboard with the stipulation that I not make him famous in my “American paper”. The rail route from Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, to Badulla, in the Central Highlands — particularly the six-hour stretch from Kandy onwards — is now considered one of the world’s great train journeys, and seats are booked up months in advance. For those unfortunate enough to be crippled by the inability to plan ahead, the only option is to buy a third class ticket and hope a window seat eventually becomes vacant. Or try charming a railway guard. Shot on assignment for the @nytimes . My photos appeared in award-winning travel journo Lucas Peterson’s piece, "An Island Nation that is Best Savored Slowly", which ran in the Frugal Traveler column on 30th January 2019. Follow the link in my profile⬆️for more photos and the full story. . . #photojournalism #travelphoto #streetphoto #greattrainjourneys #colombotobadulla #nytimes #nytimestravel #nytimesjourneys #frugaltraveler #lucaspeterson #davidblacker #srilanka #5DMkIII #24_105mm_f4l
ON THE STREET OF LAWYERS #3 — @shermainewillisofficial and @iam__anuradha , shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates and @the.radh , Kandy. Deva Veediya, or the “Street of Gods”, is in fact the Street of Lawyers, made famous by a row of crumbling Victorian era administrative buildings that now house the offices of small law firms, their name boards festooning the fading facade. Kandy, Sri Lanka. October 2018. . . #commercialphotography #streetphoto #architecturalphotography #travelphoto #beautifulwomen #beautifuldestination #ashraffassociates #theradh #streetsofkandy #srilanka #5DMkIV #24_105mm_f4l
FLOWER OFFERINGS #5 — Lotus and other varieties of flowers on sale outside the Temple of the Tooth, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, to be bought by devotees visiting the temple. Shot on assignment for the @nytimes . This and other photos were commissioned to illustrate award-winning travel journalist Lucas Peterson’s piece, “An Island Nation that is Best Savored Slowly”, which ran in the Frugal Traveler column on January 30th 2019. Follow the link in my profile ⬆️ to read the article and see all the pictures. . . #photojournalism #travelphoto #religion #worship #buddhism #nytimes #nytimestravel #nytimesjourneys #frugaltraveler #lucaspeterson #davidblacker #srilanka #5DMkIII #24_105mm_f4l
THE BAGMAN — A street vendor selling satchel bags dances and calls out to potential customers on the streets of Maharagama, close to Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo. April 2018. . . #streetphoto #streetportrait #streetsofcolombo #streetmarket #streetvendor #livinginthecity #maharagamabazaar #srilanka #6D #24_105mm_f4l
EVENING OVER THE CITY OF KANDY — Spectacular even in the drizzly dusk, the Hill Capital is seen here with its lake in the foreground. The Kandy Lake was created in 1807, by the last Sri Lankan monarch, Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe, by flooding a broad swathe of paddy fields. The white Walakulu Bemma, or “Cloud Barrier”, the wall separating the lake from the city below it, is over 630m long, and forms a convenient promenade along the northern and western shores of the lake. The last of Sri Lanka’s ancient capitals, Kandy, unlike older cities such as Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, has never been abandoned to ruin, and has been continuously inhabited, its historic temples and palaces standing alongside Victorian hotels and administrative buildings, and modern malls and office blocks. Shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates and @the.radh Kandy, in October 2018. . . #commercialphotography #travelphoto #landscapephoto #cityscape #bluehour #mountainscape #alandwithnolakes #beautifuldestination #ashraffassociates #theradh #srilanka #5DMkIV #24_105mm_f4l
MORNING COFFEE #2 — @I am__anuradha and @shermainewillisofficial , shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates, at @the.radh Kandy. Sri Lanka, October 2018. . . #commercialphotography #blackandwhitephoto #beautifulwomen #sexywomen #beautifulproperties #cityhotel #ashraffassociates #theradh #kandy #srilanka #5DMkIV #24_105mm_f4l
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