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The One That Got Away – Malaka Pathmalal

Sunday, September 6, 2020

The Sri Lankan street photographer talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

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Interview(ed)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

(for the British School in Colombo yearbook 2010/11) 1. So, what’s with the beard? After I graduated from the War Studies Faculty at KCL I rather fancied myself as a war correspondent, so I grew the beard. Then I just rather fancied myself. 2. We somehow get the impression that you are always very sarcastic […]

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