David Blacker is an ethnographic and documentary photographer based in Colombo, specialising in the people, places, and culture of his native Sri Lanka. With a background in advertising, he recognises the importance of comprehending the human perspective. Blacker’s experience as a director, creative director, award-winning novelist, and published illustrator has given him an acute understanding of storytelling that long preceded his picking up of a camera.
David Blacker is an ethnographic and documentary photographer based in Colombo, specialising in the people, places, and culture of his native Sri Lanka. With a background in advertising, he recognises the importance of comprehending the human perspective. Blacker’s experience as a director, creative director, award-winning novelist, and published illustrator has given him an acute understanding of storytelling that long preceded his picking up of a camera.
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