A visual exploration of the changes in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, over 100 years. Seen through the eyes of two men:

• Leonard Woolf, member of the Bloomsbury group, the husband of the celebrated writer Virginia Woolf
• Sir Christopher Ondaatje, writer, philanthropist and patron of the Society.

The exhibition presents a perspective based on observations made by Leonard Woolf whilst he lived there from 1904–1911.

It includes commentary by Sir Christopher who retraced Woolf’s journey recently.

“My aim was to try to understand what these places were like in Woolf’s time", said Sir Christopher. "what had happened to them since then and what the colonial period means to us now.”

  Other details
Prints are from original colour and black and white negatives. Text panels provide background information, quotes and commentary

  Size of exhibits and space required
39 Lamda prints mounted onto 15mm mdf and coated with 3mm polycarb gel various sizes.20 large prints, largest 110 x 80 cm. 19 small prints, smallest 50 x 40 cm. Wall space of 50 – 80 m,