JWT – Son of the Morning Light

Summa

March 16, 2023March 15, 2023 David Blacker1 Comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_7613s3.jpg — *Putting some spin on it, at J. Walter Thompson, Colombo, in February 2016*

^{• 50mm • f/1.8 • 1/200 • ISO800 • 600D & EF50/1.8 •}

Kaveesha

March 8, 2023March 7, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

J Walter Thompson, Colombo. February 2016.

^{• 50mm • f/1.8 • 1/320 • ISO100 • 600D & EF50/1.8 •}

“Those Days when We were Young…”

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/img_1548e2.jpg — Thus begins the familiar tale often heard when older people lament the prices of things today. But in a Sri Lanka staggering under an economic disaster unknown in modern history, skyrocketing inflation has made the ‘Good Ol’ Days’ seem like just yesterday. In this April 2018 picture, shot for a J Walter Thompson market study, salted prawns at the FOSE Market, in Pettah, Colombo’s main market district, go for just Rs100 (about 65 US cents at the time) for 100g. Today, the rupee price of this is almost seven times higher (though still just under $2, due to the nose-diving rupee).

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Patient Impatience

January 10, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/img_9106.jpg — *Korolawalla Railway Station*, Panadura. *Shot in September 2017, for* ‘The Connected Sri Lankan’, *a collaborative study by J Walter Thompson and TNS Kantar on how Sri Lankans engage with the internet.*

From Tank to Taxi #6

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 David BlackerLeave a comment

Janaka Ravindra, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps tanker and UN peacekeeper turned taxi driver, catches up on the cricket as he waits for potential fares to pop up on his Uber and Pick Me apps. Shot in Colombo, in September 2017, for ‘The Connected Sri Lankan’, a collaborative study by J Walter Thompson and TNS Kantar on how Sri Lankans engage with the internet.