The Evolution of Sri Lanka’s #Instameet
On March 26, a group of 13 or so created some confusion among the vendors at the old market on Sea Street in Negombo. “Where are you from?” was an often-repeated question.…
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A Thousand Words: Seeking the story beyond the photo
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Paradise Lost: The hidden costs of tourism development in Sri Lanka
August 27 is World Tourism Day. This year, the theme is “promoting universal accessibility.” decided to focus on sustainable tourism – and specifically, on how tourism development has impacted local communities. Tourism is…
Inside the Blood Bank on World Blood Donor Day
June 14 marks World Blood Donor Day. takes a look inside Sri Lanka’s National Blood Transfusion Service, to better understand the process of blood donation – and how it showcases the best…
Common Ground: A series of photo essays
February 4, 1948 was a historic day for Sri Lanka. Yet, often forgotten is the struggle Sri Lankans faced to ensure independence. It was the concerted effort of people, regardless of class,…
IUSF Protest (Photos)
Pictures courtesy Pavithra Jovan de Mello Yesterday (3) some 5000 students belonging to the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) marched from Nugegoda to the University Grants Commission. The students were calling for…
Pain Across Ethnicity: Remembering Crimes Against Journalists
November 2 marks the International Day to end Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. To mark this day, spoke to a cross-section of people, including editors and the family members of journalists killed…
Meeriyabedda: One year on
On October 29, 2014, at 7:30 am, a landslide hit Meeriyabedda, Haldummulla in the Badulla district. The landslide was one of the worst natural disasters recorded in recent times. Although 12 bodies…
Remembering Lasantha six years on: Launch of photo-essays on Sri Lanka
Photo by Abdul-Halik Azeez Journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge‘s murder on 8th January 2009 was utterly horrible and yet, even more unforgettable was the Rajapaksa government’s reaction to it. Lasantha’s last editorial, published posthumously, didn’t mince…
The tsunami: 10 years on
commissioned The Picture Press to capture through photography the tsunami that hit Sri Lanka on Boxing Day, 2004. As journalist Amantha Perera notes, The tsunami took a dramatic toll on unsuspecting Sri…
Koslanda landslide: Before and after images now on Google Earth
was able to obtain from Digital Globe imagery around the aftermath of the Koslanda landslide. The following image was the area as it was on 30th May 2012. The following image was taken…
waiting for the war to end
In this place there are No trees no old house With the rope swing Between the karatha kolombang Trees Here there is only White heat white-brown sand Four tin walls And a…
NO LABELS: International Women’s Day 2014
If there were no division, there would be no sides to be taken. We take stances as women’s organizations, LGBT collectives, racists, classists, as men as women. We call each other names…
Photo essay: The Shrine in the Jungle
Pilgrimage is an aspect of most religions. It is both an exercise in self-discipline, and an expression of one’s piety. And the common belief is that the harder the pilgrimage, the greater…
An Archive of Memories: Viewing War Footage Critically
Image courtesy Ron Haviv’s photo essay For many in Sri Lanka and around the globe, war is generic. Images of war victims are anonymous and nonspecific. If the caption on a photograph…
