Far away from the fashionable cafés of Cinnamon Gardens, a narrow alley in Colombo’s market district, Pettah, becomes a makeshift café for that mid-morning break. Sri Lanka, January 2020.Continue reading “Street Café, Pettah Style”→
Stalls selling clothes and textiles sprawl along the Pamunuwa Road in Maharagama; even spilling onto the railway tracks of the busy Kelani Valley Line which runs from Colombo to Avissawella. The massive textile bazaar that stretches from Maharagama to Pamunuwa is one of Sri Lanka’s biggest centers for cheap clothes and, during the run up to religious festivals, sees a huge number of retail shoppers, in addition to the regular wholesale customers. During these times, space is at a premium, and many small businessmen just run out of space. Sri Lanka, April 2018.Continue reading “Sales Across the Tracks”→
A stall sells garlands of flowers, incense sticks, scented oil, and other items used as offerings in ceremonies at the nearby Hindu kovils on Sea Street, in the Colombo zone of Pettah. Sri Lanka, September 2018.
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.
“This and that to survive,” he says, when I return his question to me on what I’m doing in Pettah at night with a camera. “When we were young we didn’t think ahead,” he explains, but I already know that. Colombo, Sri Lanka. September 2018.
Son of the Morning Light 