Calvin Chinthaka ( born 16 February 1982 ) is a British-Sri Lankan fashion photographer and founder of Brand Human. Calvin is an alumnus of the University of the Arts London and a public speaker. Calvin fosters a range of approaches rather than a singular or fixed practice of fashion photography; He can define fashion photography in practice, research and development, and a cultural, educational, professional, and global context; breaking new ground by visually representing the fashion narrative.

Calvin offers a holistic approach to developing and creating a rich digital body of work ready for industry.

Life and career

In November 2010, Calvin started his photography and filmmaking career. Calvin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fashion Photography from the University of the Arts London and a Masters of Fashion Photography from the London College of Fashion in the United Kingdom.

He directed his first fashion film '' Osariya '' in 2016 and won Best Cinematography at London Fashion Film Festival.
In 2018, he photographed English fashion and textile designer Dame Zandra Rhodes for WWD. In 2019, he photographed the British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith. In 2020, he directed and produced a video of Ian Davenport for The Art News and the Kasmin gallery in New York.
In 2020, he was commissioned to shoot the Colombo Fashion Week fashion collection of Lovi Ceylon in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

In 2020, Calvin joined the Sri Lankan luxury menswear designer brand as a business partner. He co-founded Sword and Yoga, a boutique yoga brand based in Budapest and the Brand Human media agency in London later that year.

He has lent his talents to International brands and musicians, including Sri Lankan Airlines, Naked Wolfe, Art News, WWD, Cosyspeed, Gymbox, London College of Fashion, Lovi Ceylon, and The Drum.