Overture to Twilight

Galle Fort ramparts, Sri Lanka. January 2022. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund.

^{• 50mm • f/4 • 1/500 • ISO400 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Beacon

The lighthouse on Point Utrecht warms up as darkness falls, marking the dangerous rocks of Point de Galle, and the entrance to Galle Bay. Built by the British in 1939, the lighthouse was a replacement for the original wooden one — Sri Lanka’s first lighthouse, erected in 1848 — that had been destroyed in a fire in the mid-1930s. Point Utrecht, one of the major bastions of the Galle Fort, also houses a gunpowder magazine below the lighthouse. Shot in January 2022.

^{*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Women on the Wall

The Flagrock Bastion, Rampart Street, Galle Fort. In the distance is Point Utrecht, with the lighthouse built by the British in 1939 and, below it, the Meeran Jumma Masjid, a mosque built in 1904, in the distinct style of a Portuguese baroque cathedral. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

International Relations

Galle Fort, Sri Lanka. January 2022. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund.

^{*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Twilight on the Wall #2

The southwestern ramparts of the Galle Fort, from the Flagrock Bastion. The unsightly block on the horizon, beyond the Triton Bastion, is the new Oceanfront Condominiums building at Dadalla which, along with the Araliya Resort on Rumassala, blights the view both up and down the coast. Sri Lanka, January 2022.*

^{*Shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Twilight on the Wall

The southwestern ramparts of the Galle Fort, from the Flagrock Bastion. The unsightly block on the horizon, beyond the Triton Bastion, is the new Oceanfront Condominiums building at Dadalla which, along with the Araliya Resort on Rumassala, blights the view both up and down the coast. Sri Lanka, January 2022.

^{*Shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

The True God

The Galle Fort’s Triton Bastion was completed by 1790, with a windmill to draw seawater to wash the streets of the Dutch town behind the walls. More recently built stairs now provide access to a tiny triangle of sheltered beach. Sri Lanka, January 2022.

^{*Shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Sunrise over Galle Bay, Sri Lanka #6

Shot from the Aurora Bastion of the Galle Fort. April 2017. Appropriately named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, this strongpoint is the best place from which to watch the sun rise over the bay.

Morning on the Ramparts #4

The 17th century Galle Fort’s New Gate which faces the modern city of Galle, with the Sun Bastion beyond, and Galle Bay in the distance. Shot from the Moon Bastion in September 2016.

Faces on Pedlar Street #8

Galle Fort, Sri Lanka. March 2017.