The Foreign Service Journal, December 2020

106 DECEMBER 2020 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”, or 1 MB or larger) and must not be in print elsewhere. Include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used. Send to locallens@afsa.org . S aturday at Pettah Market. The Sri Lankan government lifted COVID-19 movement restrictions at the end of June. As life in the city of nearly a million residents slowly began to return to normal, I thought it was important to document the revitalization. Without question, the busiest place in Colombo is Pettah Market. The shopping district is about 12 square blocks of wall-to-wall goods—from textiles, to hardware, to fresh fruits and everything in between. If you can’t find what you’re looking for in Pettah Market, then you’re not really trying! n BY CARILLE GUTHRIE n COLOMBO, SRI LANKA Carille Guthrie is an avid traveler and self-taught photographer. She serves as the operations and maintenance transition coordinator for the new embassy compound in Colombo. She took this photo with a Nikon D750.