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| Wednesday, 9 February 2005 |
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Captured Moments Painter gains foothold in photography by Anjana Gamage Chandrasena Perera will hold his maiden photographic exhibition entitled " Captured Moments" at the Harold Peiris Gallery, Lionel Wendt, Colombo 7 from February 12 - 14. The exhibition will be open from 8.30 am to 7.00pm. Veteran media personality Kalakeerthi Edwin Ariyadasa, Dr. M. S. Weerakoon and Kalapathi Joe Dambulugala will be the chief guests.
"I started my career as a journalist on the "Davasa" editorial until its closure. Then I joined the computer section of the Government Press and served there for 37 years until my retirement, said Chandrasena Perera who has been clicking his camera for the past three decades, in an interview with the Artscope. Being a talented photographer, Chandrasena has an eye for beauty of the nature and uses his camera to perceive minutely the play of light, line, form, composition and colour in diverse forms. "Photography is my life and love. I began this as an experiment in the early 70s by joining the National Photographic Art Society. I first worked with Black and White and graduated slowly to colour transparency and then to colour negative material", he said. Apart from being a photographer, he has gained experience in film script writing working for " Biththi Hathara", and " Thuttiri Mal". He has worked with well-known filmmakers such as Sugathapala de Silva, Parakrama de Silva, Pathiraja L. S. Dayananda and H. D. Premasiri. Eventually he won the O.C.I.C. award for the Best Short Film for "Street Boy" produced in 1982. For a short time he did painting, having trained under Joe Dambulugala, a painter and a veteran film art director as well. "In Sri Lanka, there is a good demand for paintings. However there is still no demand for photographs. Therefore, the Institute of Photography in Sri Lanka has decided to hold a sale of creative photographs taken by professional photographers shortly", he said. Chandrasena loves to photograph in colour transparency, a medium he says is perfect for pictorial work. He claims that he has a collection of almost 5,000 images depicting the beauty of the island. However, he is passionately involved in black and white photography. "As I am doing many photographs with light and shades, Analog is the best to do it. However, in keeping with advanced technology we are compelled to use digital camera with auto focus to capture fleeting images. Still he believes nothing can beat a creative photograph taken with an analog camera. **** Back **** |
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