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Sunrise at Panama Beach.

East Coast. October 2015.

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A beautifully adorned Ganesh deity. One of the many that dot the entire East Coast.

Karaitivu. East Coast. September 2015.

Silent Portrait

A better team than this, you will not find.

Phoebe Rosehope and Zev Landes photographed in Kumana National Park.

East Coast. October 2015.

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A pink and blue house situated on the Pottuvil - Panama road.

East Coast. September 2015.

Nihara Fernando

Artlessly elegant. Timelessly classic.

'Narnia', as she is more affectionately known among her friends, is one of my favourite people to photograph. 

This is one of my favourite portraits of her. It always takes me back to that time. That place.

Photographed in Arugam Bay. September 2015.

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"Can you make this shape with your hands?"

Children play at a family gathering after lunch. 

Urani, East Coast. September 2015.

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An elderly lady commanding the counter of her tea-shop.

Arugam Bay. East Coast. September 2015.

Another Hideaway Scene

Post-lunch cigarettes and corner-shop cornetto runs. Life carries on in the bay.

Arugam Bay. East Coast. October 2015.

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A solitary kite surfer breezes into the bay on a choppy afternoon.

Arugam Bay. East Coast. September 2015.

Kella

An adopted hound of Hideaway, caught peering down my lens one overcast afternoon.

Arugam Bay. East Coast. October 2015.

A Study in Colour - People in Pettah

A lottery ticket seller prepares to close up shop for the day. First a final tally by torchlight.

Colombo. December 2015.

A priest stands solemn outside the doors of the Sammangodu Sri Kathiravelayutha Swami - An old kovil situated in the heart of Pettah.

Colombo. December 2015.

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A woman herds her goats as a storm gathers in the distance.

Pottuvil. September 2015.

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Yahren Tissera and B pause for a photograph whilst on a walk around the neighbourhood.

Photographed in Eheliyagoda. November 2015.

Shirley W. Perera

A fount of wisdom, passionate ornithologist, elephant whisperer and gentle soul, Shirley is one of Sri Lanka's leading ecologists and conservationists.

Having devoted over 40 years to the Wildlife Department, serving as Senior Warden in almost every National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in the island, he is never short of a tale to tell of his times in the jungle, which are often plentiful of insights into the ways of the wilderness. 

Photographed at the Kumana Estuary in Kumana National Park. October 2015.

Nikita Donovan

Effortlessly beautiful, caught unawares, marching down a path on a rainy day. 

Love to this special bundle of beauty whose birthday it is today. Happy Birthday Niki!

Arugam Bay. September 2015.

Phoebe Rosehope

Beaming bright. As ever, as usual.
Photographed in the gardens of Hideaway. Arugam Bay. September 2015.

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Buttala. October 2015.

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Aerial photograph depicting abstract swells and patterns formed by reed and swamp in the Pottuvil lagoon.

East Coast. September 2015.

The Hideaway Blue Cafe

The best place in the bay to beat the heat of the day and indulge in some great coffee and conversation.
On quiet days like this you can even have it all to yourself!

Arugam Bay. September 2015.

Cows and Teapot Houses

Photographed on a rainy day in Pottuvil. 

September 2015.

Another Island Smile

Munidas, a picture of happiness.

Photographed in Buttala. October 2015.

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Inside a tailor's store in Pottuvil.

East Coast. October 2015.

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Two women in bright saris wait to cross a busy street. 

Main Street, Akkaraipattu. October 2015.

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A boy stands in the doorway of a decrepit house in his village.

Komari. East Coast. September 2015.

Jerome Speldewinde

Cool, calm and collected.

Photographed at the Hide & Chill Bar, Arugam Bay. September 2015.

Scene from a Tea Shop in Pottuvil

Jahan, the owner, stretches some milk for a customer in the late hours of the afternoon.

Pottuvil. September 2015.

A Scene from the Point

Playful Roman, captured whilst having the best time sliding down a sand dune.

Arugam Bay, East Coast. September 2015.

Roadside

A farmer parks his bike on a causeway whilst he tends to his cattle.

Photographed in Panama, East Coast. September 2015

Jayatissa Jayaweera

Photographed at Kudumbigala Monastery. East Coast. June 2015. 

...Or Yakadaya (Iron Man), as he is more affectionately known, caught in a rare frowning grimace in one of his favourite places in the island, and mine.

Ganesh

Ganesh, a Tamilian man, takes some rest outside his home after a day of work in the fields. Rottaikulam. June 2015.

(A portrait from a recent loaf around Sri Lanka's East Coast.)

Muriel Gunasena

Photographed in Munneshwaram Kovil. Chilaw. January 2014.

A portrait of my favourite person, my grandmother, in one of her favourite places.

Postcard from Pottuvil

A bicycle parked against a closed storefront in the centre of Pottuvil town. June 2015.

Iraff - A Sarong Weaver

Photographed in his home. Sriya, Pottuvil. June 2015.

A mighty Nuga Gaha (Banyan Tree) photographed on the Pottuvil to Panama road. June 2015.

Landscapes from an overcast evening at Whiskey Point

Whiskey Point, Uraniya. June 2015.

Portrait of a Pottuvilian

Pottuvil. June 2015.

Munidas, a former heavy vehicle driver himself, has a final few drags of his
beedi before boarding the bus to Batticaloa.

Angad Vohra

...with his standard shot of Mendis arrack and iced water before dinner. Arugam Bay. May 2015.

Yanik & Subha

...walk home after an evening out at Main Point. Arugam Bay. May 2015.

Lal - Caretaker of the Hideaway Gardens

Captured in the gardens of Hideaway Resort, Arugam Bay. May 2015.

Gifted with a green thumb and a quiet disposition, Lal ensures our herbs and veggies grow to full potential and our gardens remain vibrant and lush throughout the year.  

Children play in the sea at Galle Face Green amidst a changing Colombo skyline. January 2015.

Looming in the background is the construction of Colombo's 450 acre, $1.4 billion, land reclamation project, 'Colombo Port City.'
Set to potentially do more harm to Sri Lanka's environment than good for its economy.

Have we bit off more than we can chew this time?
Only time will tell.

Meet Chundy

Hideaway Resort, Arugam Bay. May 2015.

An adopted, beloved hound of Hideaway Resort.

One of the toughest, most loyal and loving dogs I know. 

Always a step behind and never out of sight. 

Here he is seen taking rest in the middle of the bar floor, as he usually does every evening.

Monsieur Alecse

...and his motorbike.

Main Point, Arugam Bay. May 2015.

Earth Day 2015

Eheliyagoda. 2015.

Galle Face Green, Colombo - Prepped for the Pope.

January 11th 2015

Pope Francis is set to make a visit to Sri Lanka from the 13th to the 15th of January. Massive stages have been erected on Galle Face Green (pictured above) where he is set to officiate an open-air mass. 

Although the main purpose of his visit is to canonize Joseph Vaz, an important theme he will be touching on will be climate change.

Experts fear that Sri Lanka is among the countries to see displacement and damage to their tourism and fisheries industries due to sea level rises.

Regardless of religion, race or creed, listen closely when he addresses us tomorrow. 

He may tell us things we already know, but his saying it, I hope, will inspire, educate and moreover remind us all that we have a long way to go before the effects of climate-change can be controlled or reversed.

...And that we all need to come together on this one.