Enshrined Belief #2

Tomb of the Sufi saint Sheikh Usman Waliyullah. Dewatagaha Mosque, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and Die Zeit in June 2023.

^{• 24mm • f/2.8 • 1/125 • ISO320 • Canon R6 & RF24-70/2.8L •}

Enshrined Belief

Shrine of the Sufi saint Sheikh Usman Waliyullah. Dewatagaha Mosque, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and Die Zeit in June 2023.

^{• 70mm • f/2.8 • 1/100 • ISO1000 • Canon R6 & RF24-70/2.8L •}

Lockdown Lessons

Colombo, Tuesday 7th April 2020. Day 18 of the lockdown. Exchanging his school desk for a table in the corner of the kitchen, my nephew takes down his homework off the internet.

Young Trombonist

Band practice at a high school in the Colombo suburb of Dehiwela. Shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College in October 2018.

Discussion

Teacher and students at a Sri Lankan high school, close to Colombo. Shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College, in November 2018.

Music Break

Niranjala, a part-time hairdresser, takes a break from studying to be an accountant to listen to some music in her tiny living room in Pamankada, Colombo. Shot in September 2017, for “The Connected Sri Lankan”, a collaborative study by J Walter Thompson and TNS Kantar, on how Sri Lankans engage with the internet.

Schoolboy, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College, in November 2018.

Snack Break

A primary school pupil in Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, enjoys his midmorning biscuits. Shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College, in October 2018.

Guitar Lessons #2

High school students at guitar class in Dehiwela, Sri Lanka. Shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College, in October 2018.

Meditation in the Ruins of Buddhism

The Pichcha Mal Viharaya, the largest of Medirigiriya’s five image houses, often attracts devotees to pray and recite verses amongst its fallen stones and crumbling statues. The late 7th Century complex is believed to have been built by King Aggabodhi IV of Anuradhapura, approximately 30km north of Polonnaruwa, on the ruins of the lost Mandalagiri Viharaya. Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My photo story, “Circles within Circles“, was the cover feature of the May 2018 issue.