Ok, I have been having way too much fun here and neglecting my blog but thought I would share some pictures of Kandyan dancing and drumming that I took in Kalutara.

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I asked one of the guys at work today at the gallery whom he would say is the most influential contemporary photographer. After umming and aahing for a little while he listed a number of photographers and then finally settled on the American Garry Winogrand (b.1924-d.1984). Looking through a beautiful coffee-table book on Winogrand’s work, it is easy to [...]

The Ballarat Foto Biennale boldly claims to be the biggest photography event in the Southern Hemisphere. Even though this title probably rightfully belongs to FotoFreo, a trip to the Biennale in regional Victoria is definitely on the cards in the next few weeks (the program runs from the 4th of September to the 4th of [...]

Photos by Veronique de Viguerie

The New York Times ran an eye-opening article today by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn of  the crusade to educate, liberate, microfinance and  Save the World’s Women. Read it. It’s a much needed reminder about how far we have to go in the fight for equality. I then came across [...]

Stephen Dupont (b.1967) is one of Australia’s foremost photojournalists and has traversed the world covering wars  for various international publications, winning a Robert Capa Gold Medal Citation from the Overseas Press Club of America and nearly dying for his troubles. He has a particular interest in, and love for, Afghanistan and has spent more than [...]

My lovely friend practicing

Dance, dance, dance. Click, click, click.
I rather shyly took my camera to dance class- it’s a rather private world even though there are Classical Indian Dance schools in nearly every nook and cranny of our big world. I think it’s important to document this phenomenon. At a time when ancient cultures and [...]

So born in the wrong generation. Who wouldn’t want three days of peace, music, mud and summer love?

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