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COVID wasn’t the Only Disease #3

February 2, 2023February 1, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/1u9a3332e2.jpg — *Buddhika Lakmal*, *a National STD/AIDS Control Programme* (NSACP) outreach worker, poses in full PPE outside his Slave Island clinic, in January 2022. NSACP mobile teams continued to operate throughout the pandemic, and Buddhika is about to head out to nearby Stewart Street to take blood samples, and hand out HIV self-tests, needles, condoms, and educational literature to heroin addicts. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund*.

^{• 105mm • f/4 • 1/500 • ISO125 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Behind the Beach #4

January 27, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a3505.jpg — Blood samples collected at clinics in the area await testing at the Mahamodara Hospital, Galle. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 90mm • f/4 • 1/80 • ISO3200 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Behind the Beach #3

January 26, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a4122.jpg — A National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP) outreach worker conducts a mobile clinic for beach boys in the Sri Lankan tourist town of Hikkaduwa, registering sex workers, conducting blood tests, and handing out condoms and educational literature. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund*, in January 2022.

^{• 47mm • f/4 • 1/4000 • ISO800 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Enslaved in Slave Island #11

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a2634.jpg — PA Fernando, an outreach worker with the *National STD/AIDS Control Programme* (NSACP). *Shot on* *Stewart Street, Slave Island, for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/1250 • ISO200 • 5DMkIV & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Behind the Beach #2

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a3370.jpg — Dr Dharshani Wijewickrama, head of the STD Clinic, Mahamodara Hospital, Galle. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 24mm • f/4 • 1/80 • ISO800 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Lab Rats

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a4269.jpg — Laboratory testing at the National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP), De Saram Place, Maradana. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 105mm • f/4 • 1/50 • ISO1600 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Turbo

January 12, 2023January 11, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/000a6288.jpg — Katunayake, Sri Lanka. *Shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College, in September 2018.*

^{• 400mm • f/5.6 • 1/1000 • ISO200 • 7DMkII & EF100-400/4.5-5.6L •}

Almost Christmas

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/4m8a8838.jpg — *A teenage choir awaits their cue to take part in a Christmas carol service at the Anglican Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour. Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo. December 2018.*

^{• 24mm • f/4 • 1/1000 • ISO400 • 5DMkIV & EF24-105/4L •}

Enslaved in Slave Island #10

December 20, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/1u9a2517b.jpg — *Current and recovering addicts in the Wekanda Housing Scheme, on Stewart Street; participating in a National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP) outreach project in *Slave Island*.* *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 60mm • f/4 • 1/800 • ISO100 • Canon 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

COVID wasn’t the Only Disease #2

November 28, 2022February 1, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

Dr WCJK Jayakody interviews an out patient from behind an anti-COVID barrier at the National STD/AIDS Control Programme, De Saram Place, Maradana. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.

^{• 24mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO1600 • Canon 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

^{• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/320 • ISO200 • Canon 5DMkIV & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}