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Enslaved in Slave Island #7

September 15, 2022January 27, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/1u9a3193.jpg — *Shaniya Elayan*, *programme coordinator, at the National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP) clinic tending to needle users in Slave Island. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/250 • ISO200 • 5DMkIV & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Enslaved in Slave Island #2

February 9, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/1u9a2534.jpg — Addict turned outreach volunteer. Stewart Street, Slave Island. January 2022.* *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund.*

^{*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Their Future, for Our Today

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/4m8a9171e2.jpg — *Schoolgirls at computer class in an international school on the outskirts of Colombo, in November 2018.*

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Christmas in Colombo

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 David Blacker1 Comment

One Galle Face Christmas centerpiece. EF16-35mm/2.8L at 20mm, f/8, 0.8s, and ISO100.

A night out with the Canon EOS R

Like many in Colombo I was both thankful and surprised not to have had a curfew slapped down on the city over the Christmas weekend; something that quite a few thought was inevitable. So, gift-buying duties completed, and the freezer stocked up with enough goodies to last ’til 31st night, I thought I’d do a bit of Christmas sightseeing in nighttime Colombo.* Canon/Metropolitan‘s offer of their EOS R as a date made the evening’s possibilities even more promising.

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