biography

Jagath’s second spell of photography began in mid 90s with his return to Sri Lanka from France. He was a nominee to the award – editorial series at the New York Photo Awards 2009 (NYPHA’09). His work has been accepted and exhibited at international photographic exhibitions held in several countries including Austria, Australia, India, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. These include international exhibitions such as Royal Photographic Society of UK and Hasselblad Austrian Super Circuit, Maitland International, Sydney International, Southampton International etc. Most of the exhibitions were under the patronage of either the Photographic Society of America or the International Federation of Photographic Art or both and the Royal Photographic Society. In 2005, He worked with Photo Voice, a UK based organisation conducting photographic workshops for youngsters affected by the tsunami in southern Sri Lanka to help them report their lives on their own. At the invitation of the Goethe-Institut Mumbai Jagath took part in the Urban Changes photo project conducted in Mumbai,India, this year along with six other international photographers. He was nominated for the US Spider Award (professional category) 2007. Jagath is passionately involved in teaching photography and Day and Beyond is his recent most student project comprising of 10 photographers from different parts of the island. The project included a long duration workshop and exhibition, which was held at the Alliance Franҫaise de Colombo Auditorium in May this year. Jagathʼs work was present at the Singapore International Festival of Photography 2008 and the digital exhibition of the Chobi Mela V International Festival of Photography in Dekha, Bangladesh in January 2009. He has mastered the techniques of photo printing of gallery quality on state of the art inkjet printers. Digital photography post-production too is in Jagathʼs forte making him a versatile photographer who could manage the complete workflow of digital photography.

Solo exhibitions

2004 Camera Sketches at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Stockholm

2006 Song of the Unsung at the Foyles Gallery in London

Collective exhibitions

2003 Tones of black and shades of white at the Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo

2006 Imagine Tropics at the Goethe-Institut, Colombo

2007 My Oasis of Silence at the Goethe-Institut, Colombo

2007 Urban Changes, Mumbai

2008 Urban Changes, Pune

2008 Urban Changes, Delhi

2008 Urban Changes, Karachchi

2000 Urban Changes, Banglore

2008 Urban Changes, Colombo

Festivals

2008 Singapore International Festival of Photography in Singapore

2009 Chobi Mela V International Festival of Photography in Bangladesh

Contributed publications

Explore Sri Lanka

Serandib

Curatory work

2008 Day and Beyond, Alliance Franҫaise de Colombo

Bodies of documentary work

Space of youth

Walls of Colombo

Children in conflict with law

Burns victims – survivors to winners

Cancer hospital children

My oasis of silence