ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I was walking down the street in my home town Kandy in Sri Lanka one evening, when it started to drizzle. I stopped under a tree expecting the rain. I set my eyes on a woman down the street, begging for food, from passersby. I asked the lottery vendor close by, “Why is she doing that?”. “Someone dropped her off here this morning.. I think it was her son”, he said. I got up close to her, and tried to capture her emotions. Her eyes were blind, but I knew her heart was not. I captured her in a ‘moment’ and looked at the picture on the screen. I thought she was trying to say something… something like “ I saw my child as a prince when he was born in the village. Oh! But I am not a lucky mother to see my little prince as a king in this giant city. Because God chose me to never see him…. But to hear him…..”

AUTHOR
Sadun Bandara Rathnayake, a specialist in Portrait, Contemporary Art and Architectural Photography is recognized for capturing architectural shapes in nature, spirituality, conflict between human emotions as well as varied aspects of society and culture.

Among his achievements and awards include being awarded for two submissions out of the three he submitted, at IPA 2015, where he emerged first winner of IPA portrait & cultural division. He is the youngest Sri Lankan to do so, at the age of 24, with his first image collection.

Having grown up in the hill country of Sri Lanka, Kandy and he is now loving in its capital city, Colombo.

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