Colombo Photography and Film Club

26/01/2026

//The canvas of power //

People vandalize a statue of former Bangladesh president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had resigned following weeks of unrest, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

17/01/2026

HOW TO READ A PHOTOGRAPH
Photo Review Workshop

Discover the Art of Seeing Differently

Step beyond the surface and learn how to truly read a photograph. Join our Photo Review Workshop, curated and presented by Marigold Creation, and explore photography beyond appearances.
This interactive session invites you to dive into the stories, contexts, and power dynamics behind images—while sharpening your aesthetic and technical understanding. Perfect for photographers, visual storytellers, and curious minds eager to see differently.
Whether you’re a beginner, student, researcher, or photography enthusiast, this workshop will sharpen your ability to read photographs as cultural, social, and visual texts—and uncover how images shape and reshape individuals, ideologies, and society.
Date: 25th January 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 9.00 AM – 4.00 PM
Venue: Marigold Gallery
121/7/1, Sisilasa Uyana, Weragolla, Puwakpitiya
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aLJJTtxBhwBS9juf7
Mentors
• Dr. Aaron Burton
Senior Lecturer in Screen Media Production
Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
School of the Arts, English and Media
University of Wollongong, Australia
• Dr. Jagath Bandara Pathirage
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology & Sociology
Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Sociology , University of Colombo
• Waruni Anuruddhika
Creative director / Lecturer in Multimedia Art
Marigold creation
• Naradha Amarathunge (Hon:FNPAS)
Photographer & Photography Mentor
Workshop Highlights
• Understanding the concept of photo review
• Methods and approaches to reading photographs
• Reading aesthetic and technical elements
• How visual elements generate meaning
• Understanding social, cultural, and political contexts
• Photography, power, and the construction of ideologies
Workshop Outcomes
• Gain foundational knowledge of photo review
• Develop critical and analytical thinking
• Enhance visual literacy and interpretive skills
Entrance: FREE
Limited Seats Available
Register on or before: 23rd January 2026
WhatsApp / Call: 077 251 2364
Email: [email protected]
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aLJJTtxBhwBS9juf7
Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your creative vision and be part of an inspiring community of photographers!
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HOW TO READ A PHOTOGRAPH
Photo Review Workshop
Discover the Art of Seeing Differently
Step beyond the surface and learn how to truly read a photograph. Join our Photo Review Workshop, curated and presented by Marigold Creation, and explore photography beyond appearances.
This interactive session invites you to dive into the stories, contexts, and power dynamics behind images—while sharpening your aesthetic and technical understanding. Perfect for photographers, visual storytellers, and curious minds eager to see differently.

Whether you’re a beginner, student, researcher, or photography enthusiast, this workshop will sharpen your ability to read photographs as cultural, social, and visual texts—and uncover how images shape and reshape individuals, ideologies, and society.
Date: 25th January 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 9.00 AM – 4.00 PM
Venue: Marigold Gallery
121/7/1, Sisilasa Uyana, Weragolla, Puwakpitiya
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aLJJTtxBhwBS9juf7

Mentors
• Dr. Aaron Burton
Senior Lecturer in Screen Media Production
Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
School of the Arts, English and Media
University of Wollongong, Australia

• Dr. Jagath Bandara Pathirage
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology & Sociology
Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Sociology , University of Colombo

• Waruni Anuruddhika
Creative director / Lecturer in Multimedia Art
Marigold creation

• Naradha Amarathunge (Hon:FNPAS)
Photographer & Photography Mentor

Workshop Highlights
• Understanding the concept of photo review
• Methods and approaches to reading photographs
• Reading aesthetic and technical elements
• How visual elements generate meaning
• Understanding social, cultural, and political contexts
• Photography, power, and the construction of ideologies

Workshop Outcomes
• Gain foundational knowledge of photo review
• Develop critical and analytical thinking
• Enhance visual literacy and interpretive skills
Entrance: FREE
Limited Seats Available
Register on or before: 23rd January 2026
WhatsApp / Call: 077 251 2364
Email: [email protected]
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aLJJTtxBhwBS9juf7
Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your creative vision and be part of an inspiring community of photographers!
See less

29/12/2025

CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO WALK – PHASE 02

Curated by Marigold Creation

Join us for the second phase of the Creative Photography Workshop, an advanced photography field session set within the breathtaking biodiversity of the Wet Zone Botanic Garden, Seethawaka.

Date: 4th January 2026
Time: 7.00 AM – 4.30 PM
Location: Wet Zone Botanic Garden, Seethawaka
Entrance: FREE

This immersive Photo Walk is designed to:

Visually document the rich biodiversity of Sri Lanka’s wet zone
Enhance advanced photography skills through guided field practice
Encourage critical dialogue on environmental conservation and habitat protection
Translate environmental awareness into powerful visual storytelling

What you will learn
• Advanced camera settings, lenses & gear handling
• Nature & biodiversity photography techniques
• Visual interpretation with environmental context

Mentors
Narada Amarathunga
Waruni Anuruddhika

📷 Camera equipment Provided by Canon Sri Lanka – Metropolitan Technologies (Pvt) Ltd

Outcome
Selected photographs will be curated into a public photography exhibition, first at the Wet Zone Botanic Garden and later at the Marigold Gallery, Avissawella ; transforming images into a platform for education and environmental awareness.

📞 Inquiries: 077 251 2364 | 077 033 5426

register here :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A2ysL7LutpFRJ0F9quuDQJ6R2f08EMdJ-SFy6gA-07s/edit?tab=t.t7kiyu41xtvw

Let your lens speak for nature.

17/11/2025

ඡායාරූප, ලෝකය අවැසි පරිමාණයට අඩු වැඩි කර , විශාලනය කර, කපා කොටා , සංරචනය කර නැවත පපිරි පහදු කරීමේ වින්නඹු කමින් ජනිතව රැවටිලිකාර මයාමය ස්වරූපයන්ගෙන් පිරවී ඇත. එසේම ඒවා කඩදාසිමය වස්තූන්ගේ සුපුරුදු රෝගවලින් පීඩා විඳිති; වියපත්වේ , අතුරුදහන් වේ, හිටිපැයට වටිනා වස්තූන් බවට පත්වේ, මිලදී ගෙන විකුණනු ලබයි, ප්‍රතිනිෂ්පාදනය කරනු ලබයි. ලෝකය ගබඩා කරන ඡායාරූප, තවතවත් ඇසුරි​ම් කිරීමට ආරාධනා කරන බවක් පෙනේ. එක්කෝ ඒවා ඇල්බමවල සිරවී හෝ රාමු කර මේස මත තබා, බිත්ති මත එල්ලූ සැමරුම් හෝ විනිවිදක ලෙස ප්‍රක්ෂේපණය කරමින් පවති. පුවත්පත් සහ සඟරා ඒවා ප්‍රදර්ශනය කරයි; පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් ඒවා අකාරාදී ලෙස සකස් කරයි;කෞතුකාගාර ඒවා ප්‍රදර්ශනය කරයි;ප්‍රකාශකයින් ඒවා සම්පාදනය කරයි.
Sontage Susan
Translated by Waruni Anuruddhika Chandrasena


Photograph :https://film-grab.com/.../photo-gallery/04%20(604).jpg...

15/11/2025

ඡායාරූප එකතු කිරීම යනු ලෝකය එකතු කිරීමයි. චිත්‍රපට සහ රූපවාහිනී වැඩසටහන් බිත්ති ආලෝකමත් කර, නිවි නිවී දැල්වී පිටව යයි; නමුත් නිශ්චල ඡායාරූපවල ඇති රූපය සැහැල්ලු, නිෂ්පාදන වියදම අඩු , රැස් කිරීමට, ගබඩා කිරීමට සහ රැගෙන යාමට පහසු වස්තුවකි.
ගොඩාර්ඩ්ගේ ලෙස් කැරබිනියර්ස් (1963)හි, අලස ගොවීන් දෙදෙනෙකු රජුගේ හමුදාවට බැඳීමට පොළඹවනු ලබන්නේ ඔවුන්ට කොල්ලකෑමට,දූෂණය කිරීමට,මරා දැමීමට හෝ සතුරාට ඔවුන් කැමති වෙනත් ඕනෑම දෙයක් කිරීමට මෙන්ම පොහොසත් වීමට හැකි බවට පොරොන්දු වීමෙනි. නමුත් වසර ගනනාවකට පසු මයිකල්-ඇන්ජ් සහ යුලිස් ජයග්‍රාහී ලෙස නිවසට පැමිනෙනවිට තම බිරින්දෑවරුන්ට රැගෙනආ කොල්ලකාගත්දේ ඇති ටංකපෙට්ටිය පිරී තිබුනේ සොබාදහමේ අරුමපුදුම දේ, ස්මාරක,දෙපාර්තමේන්තු ගබඩා, ක්ෂීරපායින් සතුන් ,ප්‍රවාහන ක්‍රම,ලොව පුරා ඇති අනෙකුත් කලා කෘති විදහා දක්වන පින්තූර සහිත සියගනන්ක්වූ තැපැල්පත් නිදානයකිනි. ගොඩාර්ඩ්ගේ මෙම ප්‍රහසනය ඡායාරූපයේ අසමසම මායාව විචිත්‍රවත් ලෙස උපහාසයට ලක් කරයි. ඡායාරූප යනු අප නූතන යැයි හඳුනා ගන්නා පරිසරය සැකසෙන සහ ඝනීභාවනය කරන සියලුම වස්තූන් අතරින් වඩාත්ම මායාකාරී වස්තූන් විය හැකිය. සැබවින්ම ඡායාරූප යනු අත්දැකීම් ග්‍රහණය කරගැනීමක් වන අතර කැමරාව එම අත්දැකීම් අත්පත් කර ගැනීමේ මනෝභාවයේ විඥානයේ පරමාදර් ශී හස්තයවේ.

On Photography – Sontag Susan
Translated by Waruni Anuruddhika

Photograph : https://lnkd.in/gDr3aX48

08/11/2025

Creative Photography Workshop - Discover the Art of Seeing Differently!

Join our Creative Photography Workshop, curated by Marigold Creation, and explore the world of visual storytelling through your lens.
Whether you’re a beginner or a photography enthusiast, this workshop will inspire you to capture stories with creativity and confidence.

📅 Date: 30 November (Sunday)
🕘 Time: 9.00 A.M – 4.00 P.M
📍 Venue: Wetzone Botanic Garden
🎓 Mentors: Narada Amarathunga & Waruni Anuruddhika

💡 Workshop Highlights:
• Fundamentals of photography and composition
• Visual storytelling , Creative framing and Ethics
• Artificial Lighting & Gears
• Hands-on Practice
• Photo Review

🎯 Workshop Outcome: Photographic Exhibition
📜 Participation Certificate will be provided
🎟️ Entrance Free | Limited Seats | Register Now!
https://docs.google.com/.../1EaBnS8ITpR6sdB3KCywG.../edit...
📞 Contact: 0772512364 / 0770335426

Marigold Creation
A space for education, vocational training, a creative studio, gallery, community and research hub.
📍 Address: 121/7/1 , Sisilasa Uyana , Weragolla Puwakpitiya
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aLJJTtxBhwBS9juf7

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your creative vision and be part of an inspiring community of photographers!

Marigold creation Sri Lanka

06/11/2025

Creative Photography Workshop - Discover the Art of Seeing Differently!
Join our Creative Photography Workshop, curated by Marigold Creation, and explore the world of visual storytelling through your lens.
Whether you’re a beginner or a photography enthusiast, this workshop will inspire you to capture stories with creativity and confidence.

📅 Date: 30 November (Sunday)
🕘 Time: 9.00 A.M – 4.00 P.M
📍 Venue: Wetzone Botanic Garden
🎓 Mentors: Narada Amarathunga & Waruni Anuruddhika

💡 Workshop Highlights:
• Fundamentals of photography and composition
• Visual storytelling , Creative framing and Ethics
• Artificial Lighting & Gears
• Hands-on Practice
• Photo Review

🎯 Workshop Outcome: Photographic Exhibition
📜 Participation Certificate will be provided
🎟️ Entrance Free | Limited Seats | Register Now!
https://docs.google.com/.../1EaBnS8ITpR6sdB3KCywG.../edit...
📞 Contact: 0772512364 / 0770335426

Marigold Creation
A space for education, vocational training, a creative studio, gallery, community and research hub.
📍 Address: 121/7/1 , Sisilasa Uyana , Weragolla Puwakpitiya
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aLJJTtxBhwBS9juf7

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your creative vision and be part of an inspiring community of photographers!

Marigold creation Sri Lanka

06/11/2025

//Black and white portrait photography hits different. It strips away the noise, the colors, the distractions — leaving only the soul, the story, and the emotion that lives between the light and the shadows.//

Discover 35 soulful black and white portraits that reveal raw emotion, depth, and beauty through powerful contrast, composition, and timeless storytelling.

04/09/2025