THESIS

Title – Mein Kampf / My struggle / මගේ අරගලය (Amateur photographer / ආරම්භක ඡායාරුපශිල්පියෙක් ) Photographed by Camera – Canon: EOS REBEL T6 – EFS 18 – 55 mm Open for ideas and criticism. අදහස් හා උදහස් වලට විවෘතයි . The title is based on Mein Kampf (German: [maɪ̯n kampf], My Struggle) which is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work outlines Hitler's political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926.The book was edited by Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess. This photo is on my personal struggle to establish something good in this world. I conceptualized this idea on 2011 while doing law hoping to be a lawyer, where my dream didn’t materialize. Later in the mid 20’s in 2016/17 I was able to identify a collective argument on education of Sri Lanka which is currently highly debated for several reasons. So this photo reflects my workshop/study room of produ

Title – Falling / වැටෙන (Amateur photographer / ආරම්භක ඡායාරුපශිල්පියෙක් ) Photographed by Camera – Canon EOS 1100D / Lens – EFS 18 – 55 mm and 75-300 mm Open for ideas and criticism. අදහස් හා උදහස් වලට විවෘතයි . A definition for “falling” or the word “fall” is (of a person) lose one's balance and collapse. This image or photograph’s meaning is a reflection of heavy depression of a person and his emotional condition is reflected through body language. To arouse his internal struggle heavy editing tools like “negative” effect, “HDR’s” effect, “blur” effect and “Black and White” is used. This is a simple imagery of a human emotional status.

Breaking is an abstract art that reflects on a shattered mirror. It was drawn using 3 colours which are cobalt blue, prussian blue and purple. It was originally conceptualized by me without any references or influences from external parties.

Title – Magnitude / විශාල (Amateur photographer / ආරම්භක ඡායාරුපශිල්පියෙක් ) Photographed by Camera – Canon EOS 1100D / Lens – EFS 18 – 55 mm and 75-300 mm Open for ideas and criticism. අදහස් හා උදහස් වලට විවෘතයි . Magnitude, the word according to “Dictionary.com”, is the great size or extent of something. This photograph is a reflection of a person suffering from chronic depression. His facial hair and hair reflects improper nature of his lifestyle and internal mental status. The photograph was edited using “Filtered Black and White”, “HDR-ish”, “1960’s”, “Cross process” tools. It’s a purposely taken close-up photo to give an excessive feel of human suffering through facial  expression to emphasize the meaning of the title.

Title – Selling out your soul / මිථ්‍යා (Amateur photographer / ආරම්භක ඡායාරුපශිල්පියෙක් ) Photographed by Camera – Canon EOS 1100D / Lens – EFS 18 – 55 mm and 75-300 mm Open for ideas and criticism. අදහස් හා උදහස් වලට විවෘතයි . This image is a real life image of my plans and objectives that I have set to achieve daily using a time table. But hardly I follow them and continue with my work. It is therefore can be considered the title is very strongly embedded to my slacker lifestyle. I have edited this photograph using “heat map imagery” tool, “Orton-ish” effect and “Cross process” tool.

Title – Horizon / ක්ෂිතිජය (Amateur photographer / ආරම්භක ඡායාරුපශිල්පියෙක් ) Photographed by Camera – Canon: EOS REBEL T6 – EFS 18 – 55 mm Open for ideas and criticism. අදහස් හා උදහස් වලට විවෘතයි . According to Dictionary.com, horizon is the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet. This photograph is a reflection of the suburban rooftops of Gampaha, Sri Lanka. It is very simply edited and the image processing tool used was “image sharpen”.