Bullshit every step of the way. I meant cow dung, at the “Bakahan.” Officially, the Padre Garcia Livestock Auction Market. Where thousands of farm animals from different places in the Philippines are hauled in for auction. Referred to as the “Cattle Trading Capital of the Philippines” Padre Garcia reopened the market after a two-month lockdown […]
Read More PICTURES: PADRE GARCIA LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKETWe stand here together in the patio. For the most part, the stage setting for affairs of the church and the state; of indignation and proclamations. Also of con men and lawmen. Peddlers and beggars. Tarot readers and believers. Looking over, the Minor Basilica of Black Nazarene. We stand together amid social isolation, loneliness, and […]
Read More PLAZA MIRANDATo have the authority to move around when everyone else is locked down is something. Times like these, I prefer to be out there being of service. If this is war, I’d like to be on the battlefront. These are ambagan days. Besides, nobody wants to be ECQed this long. Being part of the government’s […]
Read More NOTES FROM MANILA’S EMPTY STREETSBaler. Three weeks pre-lockdown spell. COVID-free…as free as the wind blows.
Read More SANDALS ON THE SHORE“Suffer The Last Supper” is a photographic experience with Iriga’s noted artist Al Oliva. A chronological look at the making of his most taxing project: life-size sculpture of Christ’s final meal with the apostles, built atop a sacred hill called Inorogan. In the summer of 2016, Alfonso “Al” Oliva was commissioned to construct his own […]
Read More PHOTO STORY: SUFFER THE LAST SUPPERWe shall stop talking about death and think about life for a while.
Read More IN PHOTOS: LA TRINIDAD VALLEY HARVESTFind out how the years have passed you by, simply by seeing how your once revered pop idols grow old. I’ve just watched a senior citizened Depeche Mode on Youtube. Another way to be cognizant of the “feebling in years”, is to observe odd sleeping habits. When I was a little boy I would wake […]
Read More EVENING SHADOWSIt’s not easy being a photowalk leader. Specially when you are herding big names in Philippine photography: Arlene Donaire, Linus Escandor, Ka Art de Vera Jr. and so on. You have to please these guys. And the rest of the pack. How did they end up in my walk is like, all the gin bars […]
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