Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra
Sri Lankan-born curator, cultural programmer and author of Veins of Influence: Colonial Sri Lanka in Early Photographs and Collections, with extensive experience in exhibition scholarship and appointments to UK cultural institutions.
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Mar 27, 2026 • 34min
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra, "Veins of Influence: Colonial Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in Early Photographs and Collections" (Neptune Publications, 2023)
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra, Sri Lankan-born curator and author, draws on decades of cultural programming to explore early photographs and collections from colonial Ceylon. She traces how images were made, moved, and viewed across UK and local archives. The conversation highlights overlooked Sri Lankan photography, humanizing colonial lenses, and surprising links between royal, family, and institutional collections.
