Washington Post front-page tear sheet about Sri Lankan Muslims after the Easter bombings, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
TIME magazine tear sheet from a Rohingya refugee camp story in Sittwe, Myanmar.
New York Times front-page tear sheet about the Deni Ute Muster and rural loneliness, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
The Weekend Australian front-page tear sheet covering the Adass Israel Synagogue attack and political response, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times International front page tear sheet for “The Mountains Hold Secrets,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
Washington Post front-page tear sheet about Sri Lankan Muslims after the Easter bombings, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times front-page tear sheet about Australia’s gambling crisis, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
Dagens Nyheter online clipping featuring Barack Obama photography credited to Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times front-page tear sheet about the Mallacoota bushfires, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times Travel front-page tear sheet for “Paradise Threatened,” featuring Fiji climate change photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times double-page spread for “Paradise Threatened: Big Challenges for Fiji,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
Front page of The Australian newspaper featuring a photo of Cardinal George Pell surrounded by reporters and photographers outside a courthouse, with headlines about his trial and conviction.
TIME magazine tear sheet from a Rohingya refugee camp story in Sittwe, Myanmar.
Washington Post front-page tear sheet about Sri Lankan Muslims after the Easter bombings, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.

Published work

Melbourne-based photojournalist Asanka Brendon Ratnayake’s photographs are regularly published by leading international mastheads and agencies, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Reuters, Associated Press and TIME, alongside major Australian publications including The Australian and The Age.

This selection of published work, front pages and tear sheets shows Ratnayake’s photographs in their original editorial context — across newspaper pages, magazine spreads and online publications. The work reflects ongoing editorial assignments across news, politics, sport, travel and reportage in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

International Business Times clipping about a Taliban suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times online clipping for “Arsonists Set Fire to Melbourne Synagogue,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
Courrier International Sri Lanka travel story clipping featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
The Nightly clipping on Anthony Albanese’s 2025 federal election victory, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
ASTA Magazine double-page Sri Lanka travel spread for “Ancient Kingdoms,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
La Gazzetta dello Sport front-page clipping from Formula One coverage, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
Lonely Planet Great Journeys book spread about the Hippy Trail, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
Golf.com clipping about Kabul Golf Club in Afghanistan, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
The Guardian online gallery of the best agency news photography of 2025, featuring photographs by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
The Australian front-page tear sheet showing Chinese Premier Li Qiang at Taronga Zoo, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times International tear sheet for “In Parched Australia, Winds of Political Change,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times online clipping for “China Craves Foreign Goods. Students in Australia Supply Them,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times online clipping for “China Craves Foreign Goods. Students in Australia Supply Them,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times inside-page tear sheet about the Deni Ute Muster and rural loneliness, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
Sydney Morning Herald front-page tear sheet following Anthony Albanese’s 2025 federal election win, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times travel clipping about Phillip Island, Australia, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
New York Times International inside-page tear sheet for “These Mountains Know How to Keep a Secret,” featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.
The Times tear sheet about Australia Day protests in Melbourne, featuring photography by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake.