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Behind the Beach #2

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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

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Lab Rats

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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

COVID wasn’t the Only Disease

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A patient thrusts his arm through an anti-COVID screen for a blood test. STD Clinic, Mahamodara Hospital, Galle. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.

• 24mm • f/4 • 1/80 • ISO1600 • Canon 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

Many Causes, One Revolution

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While most of the demands by protestors calling for the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his government have focused on charges of corruption, nepotism, and ineptitude, all of which have been flagged as causes for Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis, there remains a less visible but still strident undertone of accusations that predate these. When the Sri Lankan military defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009, it was amidst heavy civilian casualties; many of which were seen by critics of the state as resulting from callous and heavy-handed strategies ordered by Gotabhaya Rajapakse; at the time Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, and de facto head of the Armed Forces. While no evidence of war crimes has ever turned up, this hasn’t prevented a minority of protestors from gleefully taking up that cry again. Colombo, April 2022.

Prepping

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A pharmacist hands out HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to high-risk individuals at the National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP), De Saram Place, Colombo. January 2022. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund.*

*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.

Burrowed Borough

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Walking down the narrow alleys off Stewart Street is like traveling through an underground warren; a network that is both pathway and home. Often it felt like I was walking through someone’s bedroom, even when still on the street. Slave Island. January 2022. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund.*

*shot on a Canon EOS 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.

Devil Dancer, Mt Lavinia Beach #5

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Devil Dancer, Mt Lavinia Beach #5
Janinda Gunawardena of ‘Thiwarna‘, in the costume of a ‘Naga Raksha’ or Cobra Demon, complete with heavy wooden mask; the centrepiece of a traditional Sri Lankan ‘Raksha Kolam’ (a sort of demonic satire set to dance). Shot in August 2020, for Canon/Metropolitan‘s launch of the R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras.

Devil Dancer, Mt Lavinia Beach #7

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Janinda Gunawardena of 'Thiwarna', in the costume of a ‘Naga Raksha’ or Cobra Demon, complete with heavy wooden mask; the centrepiece of a traditional Sri Lankan ‘Raksha Kolam’.
Janinda Gunawardena of ‘Thiwarna‘, in the costume of a ‘Naga Raksha’ or Cobra Demon, complete with heavy wooden mask; the centrepiece of a traditional Sri Lankan ‘Raksha Kolam’ (a sort of demonic satire set to dance). Shot in August 2020, for Canon Sri Lanka‘s launch of the R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras.

Masked #16

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Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 2017. Shot for The Masked Women project.
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Masked #32

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Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 2017; for The Masked Women Project.