item details
NameMinnette de Silva
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; 1956; Kandy
Classificationgelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, portraits
Materialsphotographic gelatin, silver, black-and-white film, roll film
Materials Summaryblack and white negatives
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberE.004270
Credit lineGift of Mr Raymond Wai-Man Lau, 2001
Overview
Brian Brake's original caption sheet text for this roll of film, with frame numbers referring to content.
2: Minette in the grounds of the Kandy temple where they are felling trees.
3-4: In a museum in the temple grounds showing Minette looking at some ancient Ceylon bronzes.
5-15: Minette standing by a part of the temple where the decorative tiles can be seen which she has used in some of her modern houses in Ceylon.
16: A decorative arch in Kandy at the time of the Perahera. Made of split bamboo.
17-22: Minette with the member of parliament for Kandy discussing a housing scheme which she has designed.
24 to the end of roll: Minette in her studio.