Maradana, Sri Lanka
A street scene in Maradana, a suburb of Colombo, in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. People in traditional clothing walk up and down a dirt lane between two rows of one-story buildings. Two people walking...
Market
An open air market place is crowded with men and women. There are baskets of melons, shelves of vegetables, and baskets that are covered with a cloth. On the right side of the photograph a horse that...
Peasant woman carries a basket on her head
A peasant woman in Japan carries a large, round basket with low sides on her head, as she smiles at the camera. The basket is filled with large leaves. She stands on rocky barren soil. A donkey stands...
Sri Lanka man plays a pungi for a cobra snake to move to
A barefoot Sri Lankan man in traditional clothing, who is a snake charmer, crouches on the ground and closes his eyes as he plays a pungi in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A cobra snake is on the ground in...
Tea laborer harvesting tea leaves
A Tamil woman laborer looks down as she is plucking tea leaves from a tea bush in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. She carries a basket from a strap around her waist for the harvested leaves. She wears...