From the series, "Looking for Mr. Vhoy" Nothing to Declare poster for the Blanc Compound Exhibit which is the first of three venues to open. CLICK TO ENLARGE The first part of the Nothing to Declare International Contemporary Art Exhibition opened at the Blanc Compound in Mandaluyong last 18 October where my photographic work, Looking for Mr. Vhoy is included. This work is specifically done for this event. My series is a tribute to my father, an attempt to paint a portrait of him through images consisting of three parts:

photographs from the family album photographs made of his things photographs, that for me represents my father

The work is presented in an unusual manner, considering space limitations and concept of the work, not in the usual print and hang but combination of virtual and album which, I can proudly say, my first installation work! Artist talk will be on 27 October at the Blanc Compound, starting at 2PM with two other artists. Nothing to Declare International Contemporary Art Exhibition Blanc Compound 359 Shaw Blvd. Mandaluyong City 18 October – 12 November 2011Similar Posts:

Looking for Mr. Vhoy, an ongoing photo project A peek at my upcoming photo project published in Artlink magazine (Australia), March 2011 My work A Ritual of Faith featured in Chinese international foto fest opens today Finally, the Chobi Mela V catalog Desaparecido work in Chobi Mela V

Mass at the mall in Tagbilaran Other than the photo lecture that Zhuang Wubin will be conducting in Singapore, what I’m really looking forward to, and most excited about, for my photography work, The New Cathedrals, is this: NOORDERLICHT 2011 PHOTO FESTIVAL!!! Yeah, that’s the photo event in Groningen, The Netherlands. It’s the second time that I’ve submitted work for consideration and this time, The New Cathedrals was accepted, which was in line with the theme, Metropolis – City Life in the Urban Age. Looking at the list of participants, its a who’s who in the Photography world and I’m very much honored to be in the company of photographers that I have great admiration: Peter Bialobrzeski (my mentor in Mapping Invisible Cities project, showing the slum dwellings in Manila and I was the one who accompanied him when he took one of the exhibited images) Alejandro Cartagena Jodi Bieber Nadav Kander Simon Norfolk Sherman Ong (met him during a photography workshop in Singapre) Hans-Christian Schink Munem Wasif (had dinner with him in Malate when he visited Manila) Unfortunately, the photo festival doesn’t have a budget for the photographer’s travel and that means, I won’t be able to be there during the opening, unless someone will sponsor round trip tickets. Similar Posts:

Some photos at the China international fotofest Calling for participants for Surfacing 2 My Ritual of Faith work at Mois de la Photo event in Yogyakarta, Indonesia The New Cathedrals work, updated I’m featured in Conscientious!

My 'Gagamboys' work at the Asian News in Pictures exhibit in Davao City Our photo exhibit, “Asian News in Pictures” has come a long way and is now in Davao City. Check it out at the following dates and venues: SM Davao (Ground Floor) May 2-12. (Opening program at 5:30pm) Gaisano Mall: May 13-30 – Ground Floor (Atrium) Asian News in Pictures” features six photo essays and 25 single pictures – all of them compelling news images of social and development issues and events done by some of the most talented, audacious and passionate among Asia’s contemporary and upcoming photojournalists. Similar Posts:

Flagellant and Gagamboys in Asian News in Pictures photo exhibit Gagamboys work published in Asian Currents Magazine ACFJ Final Projects Asian News in Pictures photo exhibit now in CDO Call for admission and fellowship applications for Diploma in Photojournalism course

Asian News In Pictures in Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo courtesy of Bobby Timonera (MindaNews) Our photo exhibition, Asian News in Pictures is currently being shown at 2nd level, East Wing, Limketkai Mall for its Cagayan de Oro City leg. Last day will be 6 March. Do check it out. Also check ACJF website for details (except the end date). Photo originally appeared in MindaNews.Similar Posts:

Estan at the Asian News in Pictures photo exhibition I will conduct a guided tour of the Asian News in Pictures exhibition today Gagamboys World Press Photo Manila exhibit slideshow Asian News in Pictures featured in Manila Bulletin

Exhibition space for our group show housed in a converted building that used to be a paper factory. Photo c/o Zhuang Wubin Exhibition venue. Photo c/o Kamthorn Paowattanasuk Zhuang Wubin, the curator of our group show, Notes from the South: New Photography from Southeast Asia tagged me in Facebook with the images showing our work being exhibited. I didn’t expect that all the images I submitted were printed and mounted. The venue used to be an old paper factory. While it’s not really the best layout, I’m quite happy. Too bad I wasn’t able to go there.Similar Posts:

My work A Ritual of Faith featured in Chinese international foto fest opens today Finally, the Chobi Mela V catalog Calling for participants for Surfacing 2 Finally done photo editing work for the book Last batch of images for color separation, done

"A Ritual of Faith" will be shown in the Mois de la Photo nightly projections After the International Orange Photo Festival in Changshan, China, my work, A Ritual of Faith, will be shown in one of the nightly projections at the Mois de la Photo 2010 event in Yogyakarta, Indonesia which will happen 2 – 27 November 2010. Another Filipino, Julie Batula, will also be showing her work One Way out.Similar Posts:

My work A Ritual of Faith featured in Chinese international foto fest opens today Enicka turns 6 Desaparecido work in Chobi Mela V At last, I got my copy of the Chobi Mela V catalog Una, an exhibition of nine photo documentary works

My work "A Ritual of Faith" is part of "Notes from the South: New Photography from Southeast Asia" I’m honored to be one of 15 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) contemporary photographers, three comes from the Philippines, in the invitational exhibition entitled Notes from the South: New Photography from Southeast Asia at the inaugural International Orange Photo Festival in Changsha, China. My work, A Ritual of Faith, is part of the group exhibit curated by Zhuang Wubin will open today. For more info, check Aninag.Similar Posts:

Estan at the Asian News in Pictures photo exhibition Flagellant and Gagamboys in Asian News in Pictures photo exhibit estancabigas.com featured in photography blogs My flagellant photo is editor’s choice in National Geographic May 2010 issue A Ritual of Faith now up in Demotix.com

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Siony Pleno, my subject for this work Currently ongoing at the lobby of the East Ave. Medical Center, Kasuso: Portraits of Breast Cancer Patients is a group show by volunteer photographers in support of the Philippine Breast Care Foundation, Inc. who helps indigent women afflicted with breast cancer. This is part of the ongoing Breast Care Month celebrations. Check Aninag for more details.Similar Posts:

Estan at the Asian News in Pictures photo exhibition Rereading Image Makers, Image Takers – Anne-Celine Jaeger Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu Forgoing Chobi Mela V I was wide eyed at the Minor Basilica of San Sebastian

My Gagamboys photo work exhibited as one of the featured photo stories Ribbon cutting Asian News in Pictures opened last night at the THE BLOCK, 3/F SM North Edsa and I was one of the featured photographers where my work, Gagamboys, is one of six featured photo stories. The exhibition will run until the 26th before transferring to another venue in Metro Manila. This 19th September, I will be conducting a guided tour where I will talk about the exhibition, the Gagamboys photo project, and about Photojournalism to several high school campus journalists in Quezon City schools starting at 1200H until around 1800H. If you’re interested, just drop by. For more information about the exhibit, check Aninag.org. One of my Ritual of Faith photos included in the Singles Similar Posts:

World Press Photo 09 exhibit in Manila just ended World Press Photo Manila exhibit slideshow Very tired doing the guided tours at the World Press Photo 09 exhibit Flagellant and Gagamboys in Asian News in Pictures photo exhibit Gagamboys work published in Asian Currents Magazine

UNA, 9 new photo documentary stories exhibition opening night THE Alex Baluyut conducted his first masterclass in documentary photography and the result is UNA, an exhibition of the works of his nine students which opened at the Manila Collective the other night. What made this interesting were the varied themes that the students did. Two works caught my eye: Julie Batula’s cockfighting story, One Way Out, with very interesting visuals and Rommel Rebollido’s Crumpled Dreams, Wrinkled Realities which offered intimate images. The exhibition runs until 8 September at the Cubao X complex. Similar Posts:

Gagamboys work published in Asian Currents Magazine Very tired doing the guided tours at the World Press Photo 09 exhibit Call for admission and fellowship applications for Diploma in Photojournalism course At TEDx Manila 20 Square Meters, an interior study

Gagamboys work is presented as a photo story in this exhibit My flagellant photo entitled "Nature Fashion" is included in the exhibition Asian News in Pictures is an exhibition of the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University as part of its 10th anniversary. The exhibit showcases the diversity of issues confronting Asia and are among the best single and photo stories in the portfolios submitted by students as a final requirement in the Diploma in Photojournalism (DPJ) course. Here, my Gagamboys work (also published in Asian Currents magazine) and flagellant photo entitled Nature Fashion, part of my A Ritual of Faith series, is included. The exhibit is open to the public from 7 – 30 June 2010 at the MVP Center for Student Leadership (formerly Colayco Hall), Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila. My flagellant photo was wrongly credited to another photojournalist. One thing that sort of disappointed me when I arrived before the opening of the exhibit was seeing one of my prized images wrongly credited to another photojournalist that I immediately called their attention. As a stop gap measure, they covered it with masking tape.Similar Posts:

Gagamboys work published in Asian Currents Magazine World Press Photo Manila exhibit slideshow Call for admission and fellowship applications for Diploma in Photojournalism course I've graduated, what's next? ACFJ Final Projects

A riverine tributary in one of the mangrove areas of Busuanga Island. This is part of a series of black and white landscape images that will be exhibited. My series of black and white aerial landscapes will be in a unique exhibition on the environment today at SM North Cyberzone. Part of Tribe’s Earth and Art event, one of Net 25’s infotainment shows, I’m one of the featured artist/photographer where our works and corresponding videos will be featured in a series of flat screen televisions which the organizers dub as a transmedia exploration. Launching will be at 1800H and will be up until tomorrow only. Busuanga: From Forests to Farmlands Forests once covered over 90% of the Philippines and today, after decades of logging, slash and burn farming, development and a population of more than 90 million has left us with a mere 7% forest cover or even less. Where once verdant greenery abound, thick with massive stands of trees, these lungs of the earth have been replaced with grasslands, fields, housing and industry. This is a sad development considering that we are in the midst of a worldwide, human induced global warming that is already affecting weather patterns and with it, climate change making an impact on our food security and threatening our way of living. As a photographer, there is a sense of urgency to show what we have and what we are losing. Through my images, I have the responsibility to make people aware of what we are doing to the environment that even if we are not directly razing these forests, our lifestyle and consumerist habits are contributing to its demise. Busuanga: From Forests to Farmlands is a series of aerial images showing the varied landscape of one of the bigger islands that comprise the Calamianes Group in northern Palawan. As one surveys it’s topography, there is an alarming transition from forests to fields: patches of clearing amidst greenery, logged hills, roads scarring the land and an encroaching irrigated field for a rice paddy. Through these work, the photographer hopes people will realize that even in remote areas in the country, as distant as Busuanga, deforestation is ongoing. What’s more with the bigger islands where majority of the Philippine population is thriving? Exhibition dates: 23-24 February 2010 Where: 4/F SM North Cyberzone Similar Posts:

World Press Photo Manila exhibit slideshow Photo series: Handumanan (Memories) estancabigas.com featured in photography blogs Cory cortege story now published in Demotix.com Portrait studies #18: In prayer

A student visitor of the WPP 09 exhibit at the MOA during one of the guided tours My ID as an exhibition guide for students After three weeks in the country, the World Press Photo 2009 exhibition in Manila ended last Sunday at the SM Mall of Asia. For me, it’s also a break from the weekly ingress and egress as we setup and transferred the exhibit from one venue to another as well as the five days, all weekends, of doing the guided tours for high school campus journalists. While tiring, it’s one of the most fulfilling activities I have in the past few months. Partaking one’s knowledge as well as impressing young minds about photojournalism and photography is just so cool.Similar Posts:

Very tired doing the guided tours at the World Press Photo 09 exhibit World Press Photo Manila exhibit slideshow 20 year old negatives, looking back at my own photography history Gagamboy Project is dead in the water, for now Setting up the World Press Photo 2009 exhibit at the Podium Mall

First day of the World Press Photo 09 exhibit at The Block mall. I’m so tired and “wasted.” My throat is hurting from the six or seven groups of high school students that I toured around the World Press Photo 2009 Manila exhibit at The Block mall. What made matters worse was that the background music was blaring loudly. Other than that, my feet hurt. But then, doing the guided tours was fulfilling as I get to share with these campus journalists about photojournalism, “reading” images and photography. Next week, I will be at the Mall of Asia wherein another batch of students will be doing the rounds. Setting up the World Press Photo 09 exhibit at The Block mall, the second venue in Metro ManilaSimilar Posts:

World Press Photo 09 exhibit in Manila just ended World Press Photo Manila exhibit slideshow Setting up the World Press Photo 2009 exhibit at the Podium Mall I’ve graduated, what’s next? Book images for color sep was okay