Temple of the Water God

I believe that water is the closest thing to a god we have here on Earth.”

— Alex Z Moores Living in Water

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The Randenigala Reservoir, surrounded by the jungles of the Rantembe Reserve. December 2018. If water is the one true god of our planet, then the reservoirs we’ve built over millennia must be its greatest temples.

• 24mm • f/8 • 1/1600 • ISO800 • 5DMkIII & EF24-105/4L •

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The Horizon of Our Hope*

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Dawn at Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka.

• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/160 • ISO100 • Canon 5DMkIII & EF 50/1.4 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.

*“Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope.”

— Charles Lindbergh

Surfer, Main Point #2

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Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka. May 2022.

• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/2000 • ISO100 • Canon 5DMkIII & EF 50/1.4 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.

Hewisi Pooja, Temple of the Tooth, Kandy #4

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thammettama drummer plays during a musical ceremony on the lower floor of the temple’s main shrine. The twin thammettama are traditional Sri Lankan drums, played with curved sticks called kadippuwa, in Sinhalese. Hewisi is a form of religious music once reserved for use by Kandyan royal decree. Today, hewisi is still used almost exclusively in Buddhist ceremonies, and is seen as an offering in itself. Shot on assignment for The New York Times in December 2018.

• 105mm • f/4 • 1/30 • ISO1000 •

Happy Days

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Main Point, Arugam Bay. May 2022.

• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/50 • ISO200 • Shot on a Canon 5DMkIII & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

Evening at Arugam Bay

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Sri Lanka, May 2022.

• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/250 • ISO100 • Canon 5DMkIII & EF 50/1.4 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.

Night Kadé, Arugam Bay #2

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Sri Lanka, May 2022.

• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/80 • ISO400 • Shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIII & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

Sun, Moon, and Tree

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Dawn at Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka. May 2022.

• 50mm • f/4 • 1/60 • ISO100 • tripod mounted • Shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIII & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.

Evening Matinee

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An audience gathers at sunset, each day, to watch the surfers off Main Point, at Arugam Bay. May 2022.

• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/250 • ISO100 • Canon 5DMkIII & EF 50/1.4 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.

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• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/500 • ISO100 •