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feats Rolinson took up serious photography after completing a six-month course in Video Technology and Programme Production conducted by the National Youth Services Centre, Maharagama, in 1991. One night in November 1994, while returning home on his motorcycle after a photo assignment, Rolinson collided with another vehicle. Hospitalized for several months, he recovered from his injuries, but his right arm was paralyzed from shoulder down. Many thought it was the end of Rolinson's career, but his disability notwithstanding, Rolinson took up his camera and with perseverance learned not only to focus and press the shutter release button while cradling the camera in his left hand but also to use the same hand to load, wind, rewind and remove the film roll. He cranked the shutter lever of the camera with his teeth. Rolinson has turned his Watappitiya home into a mini studio and keeps abreast of other professional photographers in the area, covering weddings, funerals, athletic meets, prize givings and social occasions. He is married and is the father of two sons, aged 12 and 4. Hopefully, some philanthropist or organization will come forward to donate an artificial limb to this talented camera artiste. |
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Photography
is not a field one would associate with the physically handicapped.
For an individual who has only one hand to work with, operating
an SLR camera and taking quality pictures is a feat. Rolinson Cooray,
44, from Watappitiya off Eheliyagoda, handles his camera with only
his left arm. 
