Gallery
I invite you to browse through my environmental documentary photography, particularly during ´field´ seasons.
Locations: The Sunderbans (India), Kuching and Penang (Malaysia); the Philippines; Indonesia (South Kalimantan, Jakarta, Pekalongan, Semarang, the Flores Islands); Inle (Myanmar); Trincomalee, Mineriya & Sigiriya (Sri Lanka); Croatia; Bonaire (the Dutch Caribbean); Jamaica; Hildesheim and Köln (Germany), South Africa, Cornwall (UK).
Waterscapes
Pagodas and river runs. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Flanking peacocks. Galle, Sri Lanka, 2021. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Fluvial vendors on Martapura Riiver. Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, 2023. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Solitary splendour. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The water-bearer. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Marionrode Monastery. Hildesheim, Germany. 2022. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Thatch and hyacinth. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
A chorus of oars. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Boats that paint a world silver. Salli, Trincomalee, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Currents that bear. Inle, Myanmar, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Currents that bear. Inle, Myanmar, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Rumah panggung abodes. Northern Jakarta, Indonesia, 2017. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Blues and shores. Hiriketiya Bay, southern Sri Lanka, 2021. ©Rapti Siriwardane
City and the hills. Penang, west Malayaia, 2017. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The moon in my net. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Kokkilai Lagoon. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The fire of a fisherman´s dawn. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2013. ©Asoka Siriwardane
After beach-seining. Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Asoka Siriwardane
Boy and father. Kinniya, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Asoka Siriwardane
The making of a seawall. Navotas City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Autumnal blues at the University of Bremen. Bremen, Germany, 2019. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Fishing at dawn. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Asoka Siriwardane
Ibu and her boat. Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2023. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Spectral seas. Kinniya, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Asoka Siriwardane
Where the nats dwell. Inle, Myanmar, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Seascape in Salli. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The canoe´s edge. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Standing up – to power. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Setting off. Kokkilai Lagoon, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Until the cows come home. Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
A symphony of sand, frond, and rattan. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The fledgling. Tioman Islands, Malaysia, 2009. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Hoisted. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
A seining string. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Blues rhapsody. Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2010. ©Rapti Siriwardane
A placid Kantale tank. Trincomalee District, 2013. © Rapti Siriwardane
Flanked by hills, Lake Inle, Myanmar, 2012. (c) Rapti Siriwardane
Journeywomen, Shan State, Myanmar, 2012. (c) Rapti Siriwardane
Remains of the day, Pokhara, Nepal, 2017. (c) Rapti Siriwardane
High ground, Lake Inle, Myanmar, 2012. (c) Rapti Siriwardane
Multispecies worlds
The yawn. Kuching, Malaysian Borneo, 2010. ©Matej Faller
Of hierarchy and a lone observer. Tioman Islands, Malaysia, 2009 ©Rapti Siriwardane
Hideout. Tioman Islands, Malaysia, 2009. ©Matej Faller
Sentinel. Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 2011. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Taming the shores. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 2011. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The crossing. Mineriya National Park, Sri Lanka, 2010. ©Asoka Siriwardane
A crested hawk eagle. Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka, 2007. ©Asoka Siriwardane
From Bawa´s Lungugana, Sri Lanka, 2006 ©Asoka Siriwardane
Convivial submergence. Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, 2004. ©Asoka Siriwardane
The portrait of a grey langur. Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, ©Rapti Siriwardane
A conference of mudskippers. Langkawi, Malaysia, 2010. ©Matej Faller
A grimace. Kuching, Borneo, east Malaysia, 2011. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Crabby camouflage. Tioman Islands, Malayaia, 2010. ©Matej Faller
Eyes of steel. Kanchanaburi, Thailand. 2006. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Bovine sun. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. 2011. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Egret murmurations. Trincomalee, 2013. © Rapti Siriwardane
Folkways
Convergence on a staircase. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The boat and the cartwheel. Inle, Myanmar, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Red sky in the evening. Bonn Germany, 2014. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Petals of plastic. Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 2012. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The dike walker. San José, Metro Manila, the Philippines, 2017. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Pavement gazing. Bremen, Germany, 2015. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Death smoking, Bonn carnival. Bonn, Germany, 2013. ©Rapti Siriwardane
O´ to be in a state of thuriya. Kelaniya Temple, Sri Lanka, 2010. ©Asoka Siriwardane
To be fortressed. Pasau, Germany, 2014. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Remembering that kind of pastoralism. Bude, Cornwall, UK, 2008. ©Rapti Siriwardane
From atop Adam´s Peak, Sri Lanka, 2010. ©Rapti Siriwardane
The Ganges, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dancer – Dhivya Sivanesan, 2010. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Pasarmalam. Between Ipoh and Butterworth, Malaysia, 2009. ©Rapti Siriwardane
Smoke and archaeology. Trincomalee, 2013. © Asoka Siriwardane
When you go chasing rabbits..." Bremen, Germany, 2019. (c) Rapti Siriwardane
A towering Annapurna. Nepal, 2017. (c) Rapti Siriwardane