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The One That Got Away – Munira Mutaher

Sunday, October 4, 2020

The Sri Lankan photographer and documentarian talks about the greatest shot she never got… and one she did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Tagged anthropology, army, Belipola, cameras, Colombo Design Market, family, Germany, GIZ, Harold Peiris Gallery. Goethe-Institut, holidays, Journalism, LTTE, Malaysia, men, Monash, Munira Mutaher, Olympus, Philippines, photography, Ranil Senanayake, Roar Media, Sarah Kabir, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), Switzerland, trees, war, work, Yemen | Comments (0)

In-line, online, and where to draw the line?

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Notes on Colombo’s books and bookmen in the time of Covid-19. — For The Critic

Filed in correspondence, Journalism | Tagged alcohol, Aleksandar Hemon, Amazon, Ashok Ferrey, B&Q, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, books, bookshops, Buddhism, Ceylon, Ceylon Bible Society, charity, China, Chuck Palahniuk, clothing, Colombo, Colombo Fashion Week, Colombo International Book Fair, construction, Covid-19, Dan Brown, David Duchovny, democracy, Denis Johnson, Donald Trump, Dr Sudath Samaraweera, Dutch Burgher Union, education, Emma Donoghue, Emmanuel Carrere, England, Eventbrite, Facebook, Galle Literary Festival, Harrods, health, hygiene, Iran, James Hadley Chase, Jilly Cooper, Kumar Sangakkara, letters, LIDL, Lt General Shavendra Silva, Malaysia, Michael Chabon, Milo, money, music, Nicholas Mosley, Nixon, Northern Ireland, novels, One Galle Face, Ottawan, Panos Karnezis, rain, religion, Robert Knox, satire, schools, Shangri-La, Shehan Karunatilaka, shopping, Sinhala, snacks, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Exhibition & Conference Centre, Tamil, TASCHEN, taxes, TGI Fridays, The Big Bad Wolf, The Critic, the internet, the Sistine Chapel, Tisara Prakasakayo, TS Eliot, tsunami, VIPs, Waterstone's, weddings, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Abdul Halik Azeez

Sunday, September 27, 2020

The Sri Lankan photographer and artist talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Tagged Abdul Halik Azeez, age, architecture, art, blogging, Buddhism, cameras, citizenship, Colombo, Dambulla, documentary, economics, Facebook, health, Instagram, painting, Panadura, photography, poverty, Saskia Fernando Gallery, semiotics, spirituality, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), Tamils, travel, video, war | Comments (0)

NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, September 21, 2020

. Forty Popes have lived less than a year after their election. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Friday, January 18 1907 . Ethiopia has exported its first avocados by train. The Communist Party banned photocopiers. More geese than swans now live. In Brazil there is a butterfly that uses its legs for running. All Pakistani […]

Filed in Journalism, NEWS AT A GLANCE | Tagged Alastair Cook, beer, birds, Brazil, butterflies, Cecil Court, class, coats, Communism, cricket, death, elections, Ethiopia, fruit, Great Britain, Nelson Evening Mail, news, Pakistan, photocopiers, religion, Saracens, satire, sealioning, Sir Paul McCartney, The Beatles, the internet, train-travel, William Huskisson | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Jonathan and Ryan Wijayaratne

Sunday, September 20, 2020

The fourth-generation Colombo photographers talk about the greatest shot they never got… and one they did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Tagged acting, art, Australia, Colombo, cooking, Danu Innasithamby, education, family, fashion, fish, fishing, Havelock, hotels, Jonathan Wijayaratne, Jonathans Studio, Miss Sri Lanka, Miss Universe, Mount Lavinia, New York, photography, Ryan Wijayaratne, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), swimwear, tattoos, the UK, video, work, You're My Favourite | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Shehan Obeysekara

Sunday, September 13, 2020

The Sri Lankan artist and photographer talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Tagged advertising, art, Caravaggio, demons, fire, ghosts, Goethe-Institut, Harold Peiris Gallery, Instagram, Malaysia, myths, nature, painting, parents, photography, Shehan Obeysekara, Sinharaja, snakes, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), trees, waterfalls, Zdzislaw Beksinski | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Malaka Pathmalal

Sunday, September 6, 2020

The Sri Lankan street photographer talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Tagged Anuradhapura, Castle Hotel, Colombo, drugs, food, Galle, Instagram, Jaffna, Japanese, Journalism, Malaka Pathmalal, Narahenpita, nattamis, Pettah, photography, riots, Roar Media, saints, sex, slums, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), tailoring, teaching, violence, Wanathamulla | Comments (0)

NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, August 31, 2020

. A body of police specialists in New York are called the sanitary squad. They are dressed in plain clothes, and their duty is to arrest anyone found spitting on the pavement and other prohibited places, in trams, theatres, etc. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Friday, August 31 1906 . Red Carpet Cigarettes is the […]

Filed in Journalism, NEWS AT A GLANCE | Tagged Nelson Evening Mail, news, satire | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Dylan Seedin

Sunday, August 30, 2020

The Sri Lankan destination-wedding photographer talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Tagged Aftab Shivdasani, balloons, Bollywood, celebrity, Dylan Seedin. photography, fashion, Greece, Hawaii, Indians, Indonesia, Italy, Nin Dusanj, phones, portraits, rain, SLR Lounge, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), Tangalle, taxis, technology, Turkey, weddings, wind | Comments (0)

A season in ‘Hell’

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Review of Jonathan C Slaght’s compelling Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl. — For Geographical

Filed in Journalism, review | Tagged Allen Lane, Americans, bears, China, conservation, fieldwork, forests, Geographical, Japan, Jonathan C Slaght, memoir, non-fiction, North Korea, owls, Russia, the Soviet Union, tigers, urine, winter | Comments (0)