A man with a mustache stood next to a chain of balances

Man standing beside big weighing scale
Man working at a spice wholesaler
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The Pettah district in the center of Colombo was a wholesale district. The streets were lined with wholesalers, and trucks were bringing in goods. I had just passed a wholesaler dealing in spices.

There were no trucks, no products to deliver, and no customers at this time. The storefront had a dreary atmosphere. The man with the mustache in the photo is one of the workers at the spice wholesaler. He seemed to be a Hindu, which is a minority in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka, because he wore a bindi between his eyebrows. The chain seen next to the man belongs to a large balance scale. This wholesaler still uses an old-fashioned balance scale for weighing.

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Jun 2008 PEOPLE SRI LANKA

PHOTO DATA

No

1730

Shooting Date

Mar 2008

Posted On

June 12, 2008

Modified On

January 5, 2024

Place

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Genre

Portrait Photography

Camera

CANON EOS 1V

Lens

EF85MM F1.2L II USM

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