Veteran photographer Mahinda Vithanachchi will present the second of his photography exhibition series titled ‘Montage On Life’ at the JDA Perera Gallery on January 20, 21 and 22. The Chief Guest will be Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, Patali Champika Ranawaka while Guest of Honour will be University Grants Commission Chairman, Prof Mohan de Silva.
Mahinda who counts 34 years as a photo journalist has worked with editors of the calibre of Vijitha Yapa, Edmund Ranasinghe, Stanley Premaratne and Gamini Weerakoon who valued his enthusiasm and ventures. He also recalls with nostalgia the moments spent with Chandragupta Weerawardene who was the then Pictures Editor at Upali Newspapers and at Lake House. ‘He picked out news assignments and was always satisfied with my pictures’ he reminisces.
Presently Mahinda is a staff photographer at Lake House.
‘Montage On Life II’ is the seventh in the series after the exhibition in 2014 which was held after a lapse of 15 years. Mahinda’s Nature photos were captured while he was on his many wildlife excursions to the wilds of Kumana, Wilpattu, Yala, Udawalawe, Bundala, Habarana and Minneriya.
The exhibition will have multi segments with beautiful stills of nature and comprising portraits of people he has encountered in his long sojourn in photography.
The exhibition opens on Friday January 20 at 2. 30 pm.