Stay Home, Stay Safe #2
Tag: stall
Pimp My Phone, Pettah
The Electric Man #2
The Lord of the Nighttime Reload
In the Corners
An ancient woman sells little daily essentials — from ballpoint pens to Panadol pills to soap and boiled sweets — to office workers from a makeshift stall in the shelter of the Bristol Building, on the corner of Prince and York Streets, in the Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. September 2016.
Breakfast, Anyone?
A man selling kola kendha, a sort of broth made of rice and green leaves awaits breakfast customers on Mt Lavina Beach, close to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of SriLankan Airlines, for my story, Colombo’s Long Sand Street, which ran in the August 2016 issue.
Roadside Durian, Havelock Town, Colombo
‘Tis the season. Also for rambutan and mangosteen. Sri Lanka, July 2016.
Leaves into Blades
Waikkal, a small town north of Negombo, in Sri Lanka, is famous for its black-bladed knives and edged implements, unusually forged from the recycled steel of discarded truck leaf springs. Shot for Waterworld Waikkal, in the December issue of Explore Sri Lanka magazine.
Discarded leaf springs from scrapped trucks are straightened to be used as blades.
The straightened leaf springs being heated and shaped in the forge by a blacksmith who has been doing it for over twenty years.
The finished product; Waikkal’s famous knives, known for the great strength of their blades, displayed for sale by the side of the road.
Analog Shooters
Some interesting film cameras at the Sülz Flea Market in Cologne, Germany. Summer 2015.
The Bread Man
Son of the Morning Light 