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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}

Trading the Exotic

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/1u9a3920.jpg — Tharindu* was introduced to me as a former beach boy, now volunteering for the National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP) in Hikkaduwa, helping to educate other male sex workers on staying safe. While the obvious attraction of the trade is monetary, with many beach boys hoping to strike it big by marrying a westerner and emigrating, or being bought property locally, a less acknowledged factor is the easy availability of sex with exotic foreigners. The latter can be as addictive as the money, and at the time the photograph was taken it was unclear whether Tharindu had completely given up working the beach. Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund in January 2022.

^{• 50mm • f/1.4 • 1/640 • ISO100 • 5DMkIV & EF 50/1.4, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

_{*Name changed.}

Believe

March 30, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/1u9a3901e2.jpg — A beachboy stands in front of the large hillside villa he is building with his German partner. Hikkaduwa, 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.}

Payoff

March 18, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/1u9a3697.jpg — A beachboy on his wedding day. Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. 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.}

Dependence

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 David Blacker2 Comments

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/1u9a3956.jpg — Beachboy, Hikkaduwa. 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.}