Four kids and a Canon
Four kids and a Canon Learning to See: A Father Behind the Lens Denzil Jayasinghe 5 min read · 1 hour ago Tell us a bit about yourself — where are you from, and what did you do when you weren’t taking photos? A: My name is Denzil Bernard Jayasinghe. I am 71, a manager by day and the family patriarch of seventeen — four kids, their partners and eight grandkids, seventeen of us including me. As of today, I live in Sydney’s north‑west and am planning to move to an apartment on the north shore in 2027. I like to keep a sense of order in my life, whether it was work or leisure. Q: How did you get into photographing your children? A: When my father passed away nearly twenty‑five years ago, I went into shock. It had never really occurred to me that he wouldn’t be there; he had been a strong, pioneering influence on my life. In that grieving process, I realised my own time on this planet was limited, and that our time with loved ones was finite too. It struck me that my time with ...