Technology has the power to change the world, but the question is at what cost to humans?
With a small satchel straddled on his back he cycles down the road, like a fox his ears are tuned to any sound as his eyes scan the surroundings just in case a customer gives him a signal.
With his camera on his back, for three decades, 51 year old Joe Kuvasekera has scavenged the Glen Norah, Glen View and Highfield suburbs in search of potential customers.
But back then the job was not as easy as it is now for there was no guarantee that the photo would come out nice.
"We would take photos and receive payment upon delivery because some of them would come out burnt, so we had to make sure the photo is perfect," said Kuvasekera.
In 1990, Kuvasekera even quit his job as a tool setter at a local manufacturing company to take up photography full time as the job was very rewarding back then.
"In December we would even be able to purchase a beast or two in the rural areas," he added.
But now all that is in the past as his beloved profession is slowly being swept away by the rapidly ever-changing technology.
In this era of technology where almost everyone has a smartphone and can just randomly take a photo or better still a selfie, one wonders if there will still be a place for people like Kuvasekera.
Let alone what of his welfare as he chose to quit his tool setting job for his beloved photography profession..?
