Getting ready to have breakfast in the garden couple of days ago, I was stuck by the colours of my tray.  The ripe papaya, on a favourite stoneware plate picked up many moons ago in a sale in UK, the classic Sansoni linen — Wow! So out came the camera  propelled by one side of my brain while the other ...

AnthropoGraphia Award 5th Edition Human Rights through visual storytelling. AnthropoGraphia has announced a call for entries for the 2013 Human Rights through Visual Storytelling Award. Call for entries ends: 7 May 2013. Human Rights Through Visual Storytelling   AnthropoGraphia will grant a 3,000$ award to one outstanding Visual Storytelling essay. This is an excellent opportunity for visual storytellers to exhibit ...

My first memorable introductions to the world of the American Indians came via an adapted children’s storybook “Hiawatha”, based on the poem “Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  No matter there is controversy about the poem but the evocative verses brought to life a wondrous world of the noble American Indians where I could roam with my imagination. I ...

Photograph of Steve McCurry from the Magnum Newsletter One of my previous posts the Stilt fishermen of Sri Lanka by Steve McCurry  was so enjoyed by many readers of this blog. The vibrancy, colour of that photograph made many of us feel like they were actually in the sea wading with the fisherman in the foreground. Fishermen, Weligama, South coast, ...

Yes, info of another photo competition specially as Thushara Dharawickrama from Sri Lanka was one of the winners in the “In living colour” exhibition and he says he applied after seeing the annoucement on this blog. So all my friends here in Lanka and in Bangladesh, India, Africa, Mexico etc, etc go for this one, which is a good one. ...

Grab the chance to be exhibited in a gallery space in central London, to win cash prizes and to receive some great recognition with Life Framer International Photography Award – “An instant”: http://www.photography-news.com/2013/04/life-framer-international-photography.html Life Framer is a monthly photography competition for the present day. It’s a platform designed to source creative work and showcase outstanding photography.  Every month the organizers ...

TIME Asia has announced that they are now accepting applications for their Summer 2013 internship program, which will run from June 3 to August 31, 2013. The application deadline is April 4, 2013.  Job Description Interns are responsible for fact-checking stories, researching specials and graphics, and producing content for Time.com. There are also opportunities to report and write short pieces for the ...

Both rain-fed and irrigated agriculture form the backbone of rural livelihoods. Ampara, Sri Lanka. Photograph©Chulie de Silva “The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.”
- is  an American Indian saying and today on World Water Day (22 March), its time to reflect on this vital resource we often take for granted. Looking at one of the core ...

I wasn’t prepared to see the photo of Sri Lanka’s stilt fishermen when I opened a Press Release from the Nordic Lights festival announcing that  the master of colour photography, Steve McCurry, is coming to the festival in Kristiansund in April. Superlatives flow freely describing McCurry as “‘Inspiring’, ‘fantastic’, ‘legendary’ and ‘the world’s best documentary photographer!’ I should say our ...

While looking at my old photos and sorting them out Spike Milligan’s nonsense verse came to mind looking at this seascape. I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; I left my shoes and socks there – I wonder if they’re dry? Photo©Chulie de Silva His most famous poem, “On the Ning Nang ...

March 14, 2013 /Photography News reminds us that Diane Arbus was born into a wealthy Jewish family in New York 90 years ago on March 14, 1923. “Diane Arbus made her reputation photographing people on the margins of society: losers, misfits, nudists, transvestites, prostitutes, the mentally retarded, sideshow freaks, and almost anyone who seemed not to fit in easily with her upper ...

A photographer who raised the question about difference in submitting entries via the Face Book link, for  “The Other Hundred Project” was concerned about the loss of rights when he came  across following set of rules: “6. Rights Granted by you: By entering this Contest, you agree that: the Administrator, Strutta, and their respective licensees, successors and assigns will have ...

The Other Hundred project is an open call for portraits  from across the globe and is an initiative of the Global Institute for Tomorrow. Its goal is to draw attention to those people – the vast majority of the world’s population – who live rich, multi-faceted lives, but do not number among the world’s prosperous. It is not a commercial project. The  call for ...

Patricia Redsicker writing in the Socialmedia Examiner extracts some interesting findings from the Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report which shows that “consumers are turning to blogs when looking to make a purchase.” In fact, blogs rank favorably with consumers for trust, popularity and even influence. The report found that blogs are now the third most influential digital resource (31%) when making overall purchases, behind ...

In an era where there was no email and when even an international telephone conversations had to go through an operator the letters from my father- Bennie (Bhasura) Kirtisinghe–were my umbilical cord to the family. I used to get 3 letters a week in the period 1966-1969 from my father.They kept home sickness at bay and I would carry the ...

The Hasselblad Foundation announced that Catalan photographer Joan Fontcuberta is the recipient of the 2013 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography for the sum of SEK 1,000,000 (approximately EUR 110,000). Portrait Joan FontcubertaPhoto: Patrice Josserand, 2012 The award ceremony will take place in Barcelona on 7th March, 2013. An exhibition of his work, Joan Fontcuberta – 2013 Hasselblad Award Winner ...

Photographers from all over the world are invited to submit photographs for the photography exhibit titled ‘In Living Color’ for the South Asian Heritage Day event “RUNG” at the Royal Ontario Museum on May 11, 2013. Criteria South Asian culture is famous for its love of loud and vibrant colors. It’s festivals, cinema, performing arts, textiles and crafts are known ...

The flickering lamp light bathes the Buddha statue in a serene glow. Photo©Chulie de Silva Just as soap operas often end on cliffhangers, which are almost magically resolved at the start of the next episode, a difficult drama of my last days in Dhaka has taken a surprising but pleasing turn for the better. Working at Drik we were never short ...

A street seller on the last day of the year through criss crossing telephone wires.Photo Chulie de Silva. This was the last day of the year, 31 Dec., 2012, the last pics for the year but sadly the fog still continues and its still foggy mornings and cold nights.  My sympathies are with the poor and homeless sleeping in the ...

A Rohingya child in a camp in Bangladesh. Photo Saiful Huq Omi From Bangladesh, a Photo Festival Builds Bridges JAMES ESTRIN of the Lens Blog featured Drik’s Chobi Mela International Festival and said: There are well over a hundred photo festivals around the world, and new ones pop up almost daily. Many claim to be international, usually exhibiting a few local ...