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D.R. Wijewardene, Lionel Wendt and Studio Chitra foto-by Mahil Wijesinghe   Source:Sundayobserver As we celebrate the 137th birth anniversary of D.R. Wijewardene, founder of the Associated Newspapers Ceylon Limited (ANCL) or Lake House, we peep into his world of creative photography during his days at Studio Chitrafoto at Lake House. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ as the saying goes, and millions of shutterbugs make their commitment to the craft of photography around the world. There were the Black and White days when colour photography was virtually unknown. In Sri Lanka, photography has come a long way from pre-independence to the post-independence era transforming from analogue to highly-sophisticated digital formats in the field of visual journalism and creative studio art forms. When I stepped in to the Sunday Observer Editorial office at Lake House for the first time as a graphic artist in 1991, I was impressed by the ...