Two Sri Lankan laundry workers

A black and white portrait photograph of two Sri Lankan people washing clothes outside. Both figures are in the middle of the frame. One figure (an adult) stands with their left side facing the camera, legs bent and armed raised in the act of hitting something on a square slap in front of them with an implement. Another figure (a child) is kneeling or crouching behind them. Both figures are blurred. They stand behind two square stone troughs filled with water that are closer to the camera. Behind them, two recutancular pieces of fabric (possibly sheets or garments) are laid out on a strip of grass or other low-growing vegetatation. Behind this strip is a thicker, higher mass of foliage. Original caption (handwritten in white beneath): 'DHOBinG'

'Dhobeying' (from 'dhobi' for washerwoman) is British military stand for having laundry done.

This photograph appears near photographs of Diyatalawa and Haputale so is likely to have been taken in that part of Sri Lanka.