"I began in the silence of the landscape, where the only movement was the light shifting across the horizon. Today, I find myself drawn to travel and street photography."

I'm Chathura Kodikara, a photographer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. My work spans landscape, architecture and travel. Almost entirely in black and white, with colour appearing only when a scene insists on it.

My journey with the lens started seriously in 2013, shaped by the rugged edges of the Cleveland Way and the evening tides at Scarborough Beach. Living in the UK for four years taught me to appreciate the quiet, minimalist scenes that lend themselves so well to black and white. For me, stripping away color makes a frame simpler and more honest.

Street photography came most recently, and it scared me most. Pointing a camera at a stranger requires a different kind of attention — and a different kind of nerve. I'm still learning both.