An elderly couple sit on their front porch next to a dog in Darjeeling West Bengal India
Sri Lankan Barber Shop in Pettah
An Afghan man with two sheep smiles as a woman in a blue burqa walks past.
People sit along the red cliff rocks at Sunset looking out towards the Indian Ocean at Gantheaume Point in Broome
A portrait of a family, with the father sitting on the step & his daughters & wife by the door in Pettah Colombo Sri Lanka
A street food hawker carries chairs and utensils through monsoon rain in Yangon.
Cattle move through dust as herders guide them inside the Bagan Archaeological Zone.
Sri Lankan Butcher in pettah Colombo
Tourists ride camels at sunset along Cable Beach
Sunset over a rocky coastal landscape with mountains in the background and ocean waves crashing against the rocks.
A Hindu woman makes an offering at Bhairavnath Temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Sri Lankan military police lower the national flag at sunset on Galle Face in Colombo

Travel photography

Asanka Brendon Ratnayake has worked on numerous assignments for The New York Times Travel section, including its 52 Places to Go and 36 Hours features, alongside travel work published by major publications worldwide.

Formerly represented by Lonely Planet Images, his travel photography spans destination features, daily life, culture, landscapes and people across Australia, Asia and the Pacific. The work reflects more than a decade of editorial experience producing travel photography for international publications.

A woman wearing a traditional blue kimono with floral patterns, standing at a ticket vending machine in a train station in Japan.
Temples and pagodas are silhouetted at sunset in Bagan, Myanmar.
A boy holds onto his bicycle outside the ruined King Zahir Shah's tomb Kabul Afghanistan
Pedestrians waiting at Shibuya crossing
Two dogs in a remote aboriginal community in outback Australia
A mother carrying her child looks toward Kathmandu Valley from Nagarkot in Nepal.
Tourist Silhouetted against the Sydney Opera House
A mask seller looks from a balcony above wooden carvings in Kathmandu Durbar Square.
A Samoan fire twirler performs at night during a traditional show at Maninoa Villag