Given the enormous focus on sports in France this year as the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held in Paris and 16 cities across France, the French Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Maldives and the Alliance Française de Colombo take part in the international photography project by the French photographer Emilien Buffrad, ‘Sport Friendly: The Field of Diversity’ that seeks to redefine the classic values of sport, affirming that, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, gender or physical or social condition, there is a place for everyone in the realm of sports.
The exhibition portrays the SeaSisters, a group of local female surfers based in Weligama in Sri Lanka, whose initiative is to break the boundaries set by their backgrounds, society and the surfing eco-system by empowering local women and girls to swim and surf.
Through the creative collaboration of Munira Mutaher, a female Sri Lankan art / humanitarian photographer, the homogeneous photographic portraits of the SeaSisters were the submission from Sri Lankan to this global photographic project. The exhibition will be launched on Saturday the 29th of June with a panel discussion that highlights how SeaSisters exemplify the concept of the inclusivity in sports.
The exhibition at Alliance Française de Colombo, Barnes Place, Colombo 7, begins on Saturday, June 29 and ends on Saturday, July 20. It will be open from 9 am to 5.30 pm each day. Entrance is free
