Philippine Photography Scene

Lecture on Basic Photojournalism

2008-10-02T19:03:00.000-07:00

The Press Photographers of the Philippines (PPP) will hold a series of "Lecture on Basic Photojournalism: Based on Actual Experience of a Press Photographer" every Saturday starting 11 October 2008, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The lecture will be held in the newly-renovated PPP office in Intramuros, Manila.

There will be two (2) components of the lecture: the basic lecture will include topics like ethics, caption writing, coverage dress code, securing clearance/accreditation, and identifying subjects; and the advance lecture where participants will have a field day that will include a trip to a newspaper photo department and tagging along with photographers during coverage. Certificates will be handed out to each participants after the lecture.

We are inviting photo enthusiasts who wants to know more about this side of the photography industry, including staffs from government, NGO, military, and police public information offices, new photo correspondents, and students.

For more information, click here or call PPP President Jerry Carual at 7361186 or e-mail us at ppp@ppp.org. ph

VISION: photo workshop with LILEN UY and TOTO LABRADOR

2008-10-02T18:57:00.001-07:00

VISION is for those who've mastered the use of the camera but who want to take their chosen method of self-expression to a higher level. In this workshop, Lilen and Toto share their influences and insights, moderate an artists talk and a group critique session to help give strength and cohesion to one's personal vision.

WHEN: October 11, 18, 25 and November 8 2008. 2-5PM

WHERE: Gray Area Studios

REQUIREMENTS:

- Slots are limited to 20 participants who must pass a portfolio review. Kindly email 8-10 jpegs of your best work (72 dpi, 8 inches on the short side) and your contact information.

- Deadline for emailed portfolio is October 5, 2008. Accepted participants will be notified via email or text by October 6.

- Workshop fee of P5,000.00

INFORMATION:

grayareastudios@gmail.com / mignac@gmail.com

http://www.grayareastudios.com

INSTRUCTORS' websites:

http://lilenuyphotography.com

http://totolabrador.com/

Gray Area Studios:

(632) 893.2628 / (632) 815.8632

5th Floor, 116 Rufino Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

(UCPB at the ground floor, access and more parking via Rodriguez St.)

Mapping Invisible Cities Photo Exhibition - Manila

2008-10-01T23:53:00.000-07:00

From 'Organized Chaos' series © Dennis Rito

Mapping Invisible Cities Photo Exhibition - Manila

Opening reception: October 17, 2008

Shangri-la Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City

When photographer Peter Bialobrzeski travelled through Southeast Asia in 2007/8, he combined his own photographic investigations with workshops for young talents in six foremost cities of the region: Jakarta, Hanoi, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore. What came out of the workshops was a multifaceted kaleidoscope of these six metropoles, culminating in the exhibition "Mapping Invisible Cities."

"Mapping Invisible Cities" features the works of 27 photographers, including 8 (Cathy Quiogue, Cris Sevilla, Dennis Rito, Estan Cabigas, Gigie cruz, Kidlat De Guia, & Tammy David) from the Philippines. All were completed during workshops led by Bialobrzeski in October 2007-March 2008. The diverse themes and approaches in the 105 pieces, in addition to Peter Bialobrzeski's work, are like fragments of the unseen and unnoticed ordinariness hidden in these 6 cities. When these fragments are joined in one single frame, like a map, they begin to show what was formerly invisible.

In mapping them, these photographers have made their cities more obvious and bring to the surface what we do not (want to see) or notice. Their works act as maps that show the organization of space, movement, and people. Some also show how maps can be tied to the imagination and abstractions. Altogether they serve as valuable insights to and experiences of Southeast Asia's largest cities. They also give audiences the ability to see into the future of Southeast Asian photography.

Exhibition runs until November 7, 2008. Please confirm attendance via comment box below or via Facebook

For more info:

Goethe-Institut Manila at 632 817-0978

Pitik 6: Forum in Photojournalism - Watching Olympics

2008-09-27T01:18:00.000-07:00

The Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University

in cooperation with the Confucius Institute

invites you to

Pitik 6: Forum in Photojournalism

Watching Olympics

China through the lens of mobile journalists

Speaker: D J Clark

Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 5:00 – 6:30 pm

Case Study Room, Social Sciences Building

Ateneo de Manila University

Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

During the 2008 Olympic Games D J Clark set off around China to discover why the sporting event was so important for the Chinese. He was part of an experiment that brought together Chinese and international mobile journalists producing daily videos for USA Today and the Chinese Financial Times that sought to challenge the more singular perspectives of both American and Chinese media. This short lecture reflects on the experiment in relation to current journalism critiques of both American and Chinese media. It also explores the changing global visual media economy and discusses its potential to offer a more rounded understanding of international news events.

DJ Clark has worked worldwide as a photojournalist for more than 15 years. He specializes in working with international development NGO's to highlight social, political and environmental issues through long term photography projects. Clark also researches, writes and lectures about photography as a vehicle for social change, the subject that drives both his photographic and academic work. He has been a consultant and faculty member of the ACFJ photojournalism program since its inception and he currently runs the University of Bolton, UK, MA Photography (international photojournalism, documentary and travel photography) course at Dalian Image Art College in China, where he also lives.

CCP: Practical Guide to Travel Photography

2008-09-24T19:42:00.000-07:00

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Practical Guide to Travel Photography

A lecture by Tilak Hettige

Camera Club of the Philippines

5/F Walter Mart, Pasong Tamo (front of Don Bosco)

Makati City

October 18, 2008

2-5PM

Copyright and 'Copy Left' Forum at Vargas Museum (Open to the Public)

2008-09-23T06:15:00.000-07:00

Issues and the Perspective on the Enforcement of the Intellectual Property Code in Philippine Visual Arts

September 24, 2008 (Thursday), 2:00 pm

Lobby of Jorge B. Vargas Museum

This is a very short notice but thanks to Isa Silva of Gray Area Studios for the heads up.

Isa Lorenzo, 003: The Moro Negatives

2008-09-22T20:37:00.000-07:00

Isa Lorenzo, 003: The Moro Negatives

October 1 - November 15, 2008

Opening reception: 6pm on October 1, Wednesday

Silverlens Gallery celebrates is second year with the third solo show of Isa Lorenzo called Isa Lorenzo, 003: The Moro Negatives. The opening reception will be on October 1, 2008 at 6 pm. It kicks off a month of celebration to be followed by the October 16th opening of the SLAB (Silverlens Lab) Gallery, the next space under the Silverlens Group committed to showing painting, drawing, and sculpture, with painter Patricia Eustaquio.

In The Moro Negatives, Lorenzo returns to the darkroom continuing her multi-negative collages which she began in Isa Lorenzo, 001. This time however, she brings together found negatives of her late father, Luis “Moro” Lorenzo—his life as a young man in the Mindanao of the ‘50s, the architecture of the ‘60s, and the recording of a growing family shuttling between Luzon and Mindanao in the ‘70s—and her own photos of the homes that he built still in existence. Each image brings together circumstances decades apart, and is titled by the year of the Moro Lorenzo negative.

Moro Lorenzo passed away in 1997. In his lifetime, he was a basketball icon, a farmer, a businessman, a patriarch, and a golfer. His passing was the first step in his daughter’s journey into art, a path that was in hindsight bequeathed to her by her father who played the role of designated photographer at every celebration, vacation, and historical event.

Isa Lorenzo (b.1974, Manila) is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. She hung up her stethoscope upon passing the board exams to start her life in art. She finished a Masters Degree in Media Studies and Photography at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and worked at the International Center of Photography in the same city. Since then, she has founded the Silverlens Gallery, the Silverlens Foundation, and SLab. For her own art, she has published two books of her work and has shown in Paris, Brussels, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York, and soon, Cologne.

There will be a talk on “Demystifying Mindanao” by publisher and environmentalist Lory Tan on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 3-5 pm and an artist talk by Isa Lorenzo on Saturday Oct. 25, also from 3-5pm. Isa Lorenzo,003: The Moro Negatives runs until Nov. 15, 2008.

For inquiries visit Silverlens Gallery at 2/F YMC Bldg. 2, 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City, 816-0044, 0905-2650873, manage@silverlensphoto.com. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10am–7 pm, Saturday 1–6pm.

Litrato: Postcards from the Light

2008-09-20T21:24:00.000-07:00

LITRATO: Postcards from the Light

{A Lomomanila Exhibit}
September 27 to October 31, 2008
The Oarhouse at 1803 Mabini Street, Malate, Manila

A photograph is a scribble of light. A passage of immediacy from the infinite stream of moments. A postcard from ephemeral light. Lomomanila mounts a photographic exhibition exemplifying the timely and timeless qualities of black and white analog photography. Displayed in the memorable hole-in-the-wall called The Oarhouse, this photo exhibition is a humble ode to the visionaries of bohemian Malate.

Exhibit opening: September 27 (Saturday), 8:00PM.

Travel Factor's Photoholic Ilocos: A Travel Photography Workshop

2008-09-19T23:56:00.000-07:00

Travel Factor's Photoholic Ilocos: A Travel Photography Workshop

Nov. 29-December 1, 2008

For more details, click here

Photographs: From Concept to Realization - The Emmanuel Santos Workshop

2008-09-19T23:28:00.000-07:00

Photographs: From Concept to Realization

The Emmanuel Santos Workshop

Schedule:

October 3, Friday, 6-8pm

October 4, Saturday, 3-5pm

30 slots available

Registration Fee: PHP 5,000.00

Emmanuel Santos was born in the Philippines in 1957 and migrated to Melbourne in 1982. A photo essayist specializing in areas of ethnology, spirituality and social documentary, Santos began his photographic career working for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Belguim, France, the Ukraine, Israel and Brazil. His work is widely collected and published worldwide. In May 2008, his series of 38 photographs, The Passing of Light was sold at the Christie’s Southeast Asian Contemporary Auction, breaking records in Philippine photography.

In his workshop with slideshow and lectures, Santos will discuss the process of Passive (concept) and Active (realization) in creative image making through photography. In it, he will share his insights on inspiration and the whole creative process involved in creating bodies of works. There are no prerequisites to join the series but an interest in photography and image-making are necessary. Slots are limited.

To register call 8160044 or 09052650873, or email manage@silverlensphoto.com. 50% reservation fee required. Balance due on the first day of the workshop. All classes are held at Silverlens Gallery, 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City.

IDNClub Philippines' Pasig River Photo Safari

2008-09-16T02:13:00.000-07:00

IDN Club Philippines invites you to Pasig River Photo Safari

Take your photos drom Escolta to Guadalupe

September 27, 2008

3PM at Escolta Terminal, Pasig River Ferry

(near Jones Bridge, Binondo side)

For inquiries, email- peydropenduko@yahoo.com or call (02) 994-2832/ 0920-2250080

Senate Bill No. 2464: Anti-Obscenity and Pornography Bill

2008-09-15T07:15:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Mr. John Silva

While it has the loftiest intentions "to give special value to the dignity of every human person and to promote and safeguard its integrity and the moral, spiritual and social well-being of its citizenry," I find it unsettling to see how this Bill defined obscenity and pornography and encompasses almost everything. Look at how the proposed Bill define obscene and pornography :

(a) "Obscene" refers to anything that is indecent or offensive or contrary to good customs or religious beliefs, principles or doctrines, or tends to corrupt or deprave the human mind, or is calculated to excite impure thoughts or arouse prurient interest, or violates the proprieties of language and human behavior, regardless of the motive of the producer, printer, publisher, writer, importer, seller, distributor or exhibitor such as, but not limited to:

(1) showing, depicting or describing sexual acts;
(2) showing, depicting or describing human sexual organs or the
(3) showing, depicting or describing completely nude human
(4) describing erotic reactions, feelings or experiences on sexual female breasts; bodies; acts; or
(5) performing live sexual acts of whatever form.

(b) "Pornographic or pornography" refers to objects or subjects of film, television shows, photography, illustrations, music, games, paintings, drawings, illustrations, advertisements, writings, literature or narratives, contained in any format, whether audio or visual, still or moving pictures, in all forms of film, print, electronic, outdoor or broadcast mass media, or whatever future technologies to be developed, which are calculated to excite, stimulate or arouse impure thoughts and prurient interest, regardless of the motive of the author thereof...

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OLD MAGIC: A Foto Baryo Group Exhibit of Polaroid Manipulated Photographs

2008-09-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

OLD MAGIC

One Workshop Gallery, Ground Floor 2241 La Fuerza Plaza II,

Don Chino Roces Ave. corner Sabio St., Makati City

October 07 to November 07, 2008

Maverick photography group Foto Baryo works their unique brand of “Old Magic,” an exhibition of rare Polaroid photos at One Workshop Gallery. Opening on October 7, 2008, “Old Magic” features a collection of photographs taken with a vintage Polaroid SX-70. Photographers then manipulated each photograph manually using techniques such as tracing with a plastic fork.

No longer manufactured today, the Polaroid camera used for “Old Magic” is owned by Foto Baryo founder Fernando Afable. Apart from producing his own photographs for the exhibition, Afable shared his beloved camera and Polaroid manipulation techniques with close friends and Foto Baryo volunteers Amor Rodriguez, Cres Yulo, Pinky Urmaza, Tommy Hafalla and Vixienne Cululut.

With Afable's injunction to “Go out, shoot and enjoy,” these photographers went out to take Polaroid pictures of personal significance, while having fun during every step of the point-and-shoot and scratch-the-surface process. As Rodriguez put it, “I was like a kid with a new toy and I lugged the thing everywhere I went.” Yulo likewise felt “like a child on a “secret mission”—to find a subject matter interesting enough to shoot, and to change it into a whole new image.”

For Urmaza, the photos at “Old Magic” are her “records of trips, both near and far; some are journeys inward, as I discovered more about myself in each shape and colour I have scratched and traced.” For his part, Hafalla sees Polaroids as a method that “gave me a chance to express my frustration to be a painter...I started creating my own painting through a lens... with just a few pieces (that) fulfilled my long-forgotten dream to paint with light.” Cululut, who describes Polaroid manipulation as “giving the picture a Van Gogh-ish look with the use of a stylus,” says her pictures “bear a myriad of emotions, foremost of which is the spirit of generosity shown by friends.”

As the brainchild of Fernando Afable, Foto Baryo is the result of the dreams and the life's work of a man who worked his way up from humble origins in Tanauan to become Darkroom Manager of the prestigious International Center for Photography (ICP) in New York City. Wishing to nurture a Filipino version of the ICP back home, Afable founded Foto Baryo in order to raise local awareness of the beauty of photography. From the first year of its inception, Foto Baryo has spread the word to over a hundred photo enthusiasts around the country. Since its first landmark exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), One Workshop Gallery has always supported Foto Baryo and Afable's vision of a community sharing ideas, knowledge, art and culture.

“Old Magic” by Foto Baryo runs until November 7, 2008 at the One Workshop Gallery, Ground Floor 2241 La Fuerza Plaza II, Don Chino Roces Ave. corner Sabio St., Makati City. Gallery hours are from 10am to 7pm daily except Sundays. For inquiries, call or fax 819-2074, e-mail inquiry@owg.cc one_workshop@yahoo.com, or visit One Workshop Gallery.

Through Each Others Eyes

2008-09-09T05:46:00.000-07:00

Opening Reception
Saturday, September 27, 2008
JW Mariott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
5350 East Mariott Drive, Phoenix

Participating Filipino Photographers

Visit TEOE website here.

100UP: The New Kid on the Block

2008-09-08T05:47:00.000-07:00

The purpose of www.100-UP.org is to provide an online presence where interested individuals may learn more about the group, its members and the activities that they conduct. It is also designed to enable people to give feedback and inquire about membership and possible support to or from the group. It also has a forum where the group can post photos, activities, and other relevant information and topics. 100UP will maintain maximum of 100 members only.

Visit 100UP Forum here.

The Marc Aviles Emerging Talent 2009 Photo Competition

2008-09-08T01:57:00.000-07:00

The Marc Aviles Emerging Talent 2009 Photography Competition

A San Juan National High School Alumni Association Inc (SJNHSAAI) Project

MISSION:

The Marc Aviles Emerging Talent 2009 Photography Competition is a project of San Juan National High School Alumni Association Inc (SJNHSAAI). Its mission is to encourage the Students and Alumni to pique their interest in the vast fields of arts and photography. Through this friendly competition, the project aims to jumpstart and develop their hidden talents.

BACKGROUND:

Photography was one of the topics taught by Mr. Estanislao Caldez, a professor of Practical Arts, when Marc Aviles studied at San Juan National High School, in the year 1987. He enjoyed the subject because it was fun and creative, and it was 16 years later when he first got his first camera and studied photography again on his own. He started joining photography competitions which helped him exercise his imagination and push his passion. In 2004, he won the “Photographer of the Year" title in Singapore’s leading photography (Photo-i) magazine, 2005 and 2007 Top Ten Photographer of the Year in Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation. In 2007, he won the “Photographer of the Year”, a worldwide competition held by New York's Popular Photography Magazine. In 2008, he bagged the 1st and 2nd Place for the Landscape/Nature category in the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International), judging was held in Santa Monica, California. Now he lives as a professional photographer in California.

With humble beginnings, Marc Aviles looks back at the time when he first held a camera provided by SJNHS, and thanks the school for planting a seed of inspiration to him.

"With the help of my fellow alumni at SJNHSAAI, I hope to excite the youth about arts and photography. I believe this humble competition at our beloved alma matter will spark up their interest."

See Contest Mechanics here.

Oro, Plata, Mata: Philippine Photojournalism As Seen Through The Lens of Ernie U. Sarmiento

2008-09-06T21:56:00.000-07:00

Oro, Plata, Mata: Philippine Photojournalism

As Seen Through The Lens of Ernie U. Sarmiento

by Eric Caruncho

The Photographs

To see the world with new eyes…that has always been the dream.

A dream that seems more distant now more than ever.

Each day we are bombarded with a deluge of images: on the tube, on the streets, over the internet. Hundreds of frames per second flashing by, until all we see is a blur, and we are blinded by our own sight.

In such a world, the photographer's task is not to add to this never-ending stream of images, but to stop it—even for 1/100th of a second—so that we can see what they see. See the world with new eyes—their eyes.

In these images, gathered over a period spanning decades, photojournalist Ernie U. Sarmiento lends us his roving eyes, so that we might see the underlying meaning beneath the surface. His subjects range from the famous to the infamous, unfolding events of national importance to private unguarded moments of ordinary people.

What makes them remarkable is the fact that these are not "art" photographs taken by photographers with all the time in the world to wait for the right light, but "news" photographs taken in the heat of the moment, under deadline pressure with editors breathing down the photographer's neck.

These images were never meant to last beyond the next day's morning edition, yet here they are, years or even decades later, still seeming as fresh as the moment Ernie decided to press the shutter release.

It is a testament to the power that the single image still has to move us, and to the photographer's skill in making us stop for a moment, and see.

The Photographer

Some people are said to be born with a silver spoon in their mouths.

Ernie U. Sarmiento was born with silver nitrate and hypo solution running through his veins.

He was all of four years old when he first picked up a camera.

It belonged to his father Joe, a veteran lensman and Malacañang press photographer during the terms of Presidents Ramon Magsaysay and Diosdado Macapagal. Rather than scold his son for playing with his tools, Joe handed him a press ID and a reporter's notebook to complete the outfit.

Thus are photojournalists made.

As a boy Ernie apprenticed under his father, helping him with large-format camera setups, developing negatives and making enlargements in the family darkroom. Inevitably, he started taking his own photographs.

He wanted to study Journalism in college as well, but his father—knowing the hard life that Filipino photojournalists lead—prevailed upon him to study Engineering at the University of Sto. Tomas instead. But the fire had been lit: Ernie spent most of his free time at school taking photographs for the Varsitarian, the college newspaper.

Upon graduation, Ernie embarked on a photojournalism career in earnest, first with the Times Journal and later with the Philippine Daily Inquirer where he now heads the photo department. He has won numerous awards and prizes, among them Kodak Sports Photographer of 1988, Sports Photographer of 2002, and first, second and third prize in the MMDA Photo Contest. He also teaches Advanced News Photography at the Asian Center for Journalism of the Ateneo de Manila University.

In his 25 years as a professional photographer, Ernie has covered everything from war and politics to sports and human interest. But he still hews closely to the time-honored values of old-school photojournalism and the decisive moment:

"In photojournalism, the subject is the most important thing," he says "Photography is only a tool. What transforms simple photographs into pictures of lasting merit, comes down to the choice of subject… When choosing a subject, I look first if it has a story to tell; I look for content and meaning."

Oro, Plata, Mata: Philippine Photojournalism As Seen Through The Lens of Ernie U. Sarmiento will be on exhibit at Cinema Lobby, TriNoMa from September 17-24, 2008.

Visit Ernie Sarmiento's blog

Golden eye, Silver lens

The Alcove Perspective Photo Shoot-Exhibit

2008-08-28T07:02:00.000-07:00

The Alcove Perspective of the Filipinas Heritage Library is launching a photography shoot-exhibit in Ayala Malls. Photo shoot is scheduled from August 29 to September 17 and best photos will be displayed from October to November. It is open to all interested amateur and professional photographers.

For more details, please click here.

Download forms from FHL Site.

I Am Ninoy: A Photo Exhibit

2008-08-28T06:36:00.000-07:00

I AM NINOY

An Exhibit Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Benigno S. Aquino Jr.’s Martyrdom

August 19 to 28, Tues to Sat 9:00am to 6:00pm - The Alcove photo gallery
September 1 to 14, mall hours - Glorietta EDSA Mall (near Activity Center)
September 15 to 28, mall hours - Trinoma GF Exhibit Area (near Gift Gate)

Know more about Ninoy and the values he upheld through a display of photographs at The Alcove photo gallery. The exhibit can be viewed from Tuesday to Saturday at 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Travel Light Workshop & Photo Exhibit

2008-08-26T00:52:00.000-07:00

Travel Light Workshop & Photo Exhibit

September 8-13, 2008

SM THE BLOCK, Quezon City

Basic Photography Digital SLR

Andy Samaniego

Sept. 9, 2008 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

Digital Photojournalism

Edwin Tuyay, Chito Vecina & Ernie Sarmiento

Sept. 10, 2008 1 p.m. - 6p.m. (Day 1)

Travel Photography

Andy Samaniego & Nelwin Uy

Sept. 11, 2008 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Dynamic duo of Wedding Photography

Jun & Robert Garcia

Importance of make-up artistry and styling to photography

Madge Lejano

Sept. 12, 2008 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Digital Photojournalism

Edwin Tuyay, Chito Vecina & Ernie Sarmiento

Sept. 13, 2008 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. (Day 2)

See details here.

SLab: A New Gallery & ArtLab for Contemporary Art

2008-08-26T00:49:00.000-07:00

SLab (Silverlens Lab) is the new gallery, established in 2008 in Makati City, for contemporary art under the Silverlens Group. Silverlens Gallery will continue to show photography and new media while the adjacent SLab will be showing painting, drawing, and sculpture. The two spaces will be bridge-linked, the former being a piano warehouse and the latter being a former auditorium.

SLab will have two galleries, a 120 square meter main space for longer curated shows, and the 20 square meter smaller gallery for young artists, for projects the curators are working on, and for collectors and artists consignments. The backroom for both Silverlens and SLab will be actively showing work by all the represented artists. Their artists push the boundaries of their medium and are aggressive in their dialogue with a critical audience. Represented artists include Patricia Eustaquio, Lena Cobangbang, Mariano Ching, Christina Dy, Gary Ross Pastrana, Rachel Rillo, and Isa Lorenzo, among others. They are also actively represented by Silverlens internationally in art fairs and gallery collaborations for their exposure, recall, recognition, and collection.

The inaugural show of SLab is Patricia Eustaquio who will be showing painting and multi-material sculpture. A Magna Cum Laude Graduate of painting from the UP Diliman Fine Arts Program, Eustaquio returns to her core art after years of fashion design. Based on J.S. Bach's Well Tempered Clavier, a body of musical work that uses all 24 keys of the piano, indiscriminate of majors and minors, she creates 12 pieces that are odes to the sublimity of music, but silent. We see shaped canvases filled with feathers and other stilled life, an exquisitely tooled miniature piano in leather, a ceramic violin with a frozen heart. That the space was formerly a music auditorium is beyond coincidence.

Asked why she joined SLab, Eustaquio narrates, "I wanted to work within the context of a new space and the energy that comes from it.. Of course I also want my works to be part of a wider dialogue, and with the art fairs, SLab is participating in, I feel that I have more of an opportunity to grow while my works are scrutinized by a larger audience."

SLab opens at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City in October 2008. Silverlens Gallery will be showing Isa Lorenzo, 003 simultaneously. www.silverlensphoto.com

SLab exhibits

2008

Oct-Nov - Patricia Eustaquio

Nov-Dec - Bea Valdes

2009

Jan-Feb - Renato Orara

Mar-Apr - Christina Dy

May-Jun - Lena Cobangbang

Asian Photography Festivals (2008-2009)

2008-08-25T21:10:00.000-07:00

Singapore International Photography Festival

October 8-31, 2008

Scheduled to take place from 8 to 31 October 2008, the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is the first event of its kind in Southeast Asia. This biennial festival strives to provide a platform for Southeast Asian artists to showcase their works alongside their international peers in various venues such as National Museum of Singapore, The Arts House, 2902 Photo Gallery and more.

3 central components of the SIPF are the official exhibitions, workshops and portfolio review. The festival kick starts with exhibition openings and 2 days of portfolio review sessions for up to 50 Southeast Asian photographers, followed by a series of workshops facilitated by curators and senior photographers for up to 45 Southeast Asian photographers. Selection for workshops/portfolio reviews is based on project submissions.

Open to public are a series of evening presentation by invited curators, artists and festival directors. Over the weekends are series of public lectures and forum to share thoughts, ideas, issues and current trends in photography.

Along with the official exhibitions and programme, is SIPF Fringe which counts on the participation of arts galleries, arts spaces and education institutions to promote photography across Singapore. Individual and organisation that are planning to have photography related activities in October are welcomed to ride on the extensive festival publicity.

The SIPF committee is made up of volunteers and relies on the good will and support from various institutions, corporate organisation and the public to make this festival a reality. Members of the public could contribute to this festival by signing up as volunteers or by purchasing the festival publication.

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Isa Lorenzo on Collecting Photography

2008-08-25T01:28:00.000-07:00

On Collecting Photography
Talk by Isa Lorenzo
August 30, Saturday
4-6pm

Photography is one of the most accessible art forms. What you see is what you get. Or is it?

The collection of photography as a contemporary fine art is steadily becoming more important to serious collectors both here and abroad. This talk answers why. And why the thrill of collecting art is all the more intense with the contemporary. The work of Noelle Katigbak Tan, currently in its last editions at Silverlens this month, after 6 years of being shown, is a satisfying sample of deep collecting.

A slideshow of important internationally-collected art will be presented, vis a vis Philippine photography. It also answers the whos and hows of photography collection--the artists, print processes, editions, pricing, and provenance.

This visual presentation is ideal for individuals with established collections, young collectors, artists, architects, designers, and the curious.

Isa Lorenzo is the creative director of Silverlens Gallery which deals with photography, and the soon to open SLab (Silverlens Lab), which will be showing the rest of the contemporary arts. Lorenzo, herself an artist who works with photography, spends her downtime looking at art and carefully building a collection of the contemporary.

Isa Lorenzo's Filipinas at SM Mall of Asia

2008-08-21T07:12:00.000-07:00

FILIPINAS: Photographs by Isa Lorenzo will be exhibited at the Atrium Lobby of the SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City from 25 to 30 August, 2008. An opening reception will be held at 4pm on August 25, Monday.

The photo exhibition FILIPINAS is comprised of thirty (30) black and white portraits of distinguished Filipino women who have achieved national and international recognition in various fields.

FILIPINAS was conceptualized by Isa Lorenzo, fine art photographer with a Master’s degree in media and photography from the New School University-Parsons School of Design in New York City. Deanna Ongpin-Recto, formerly First Secretary and Senior Foreign Affairs Adviser at the Philippine Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, is the curator of the exhibition.

First shown in 2004 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, FILIPINAS has since been made into a book, which is available at Powerbooks, Fully Booked, Booktrends, Popular Bookstore, Rustans and Travel Cafe.

For orders and other inquiries, call 8160044, 09052650873 or email manage@silverlensphoto.com

Big Green Sunrise: A Photo Exhibit for Cordillera Forests by JP Alipio

2008-08-12T00:11:00.000-07:00

Opens August 23, 2008

6:00PM

Cordillera Coffee

SM Baguio

20% of the proceeds from the Exhibit will go to Padyak para sa Binhi ng Kordi for Seedlings in the Cordillera and 10% will go to Coffee Aid for the Coffee Farmers in the Mountain Region.

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