In Black and White

I fell in love with photography long before printing or publishing photos in black and white was just an artsy choice but was a necessity. In fact it was the only way to pass my Photography 101 and Photojournalism classes. During the late 90’s (when I was still a freshman at the College of Mass Communication (CMC) in UP,) the use of digital cameras were discouraged. We had to do it the old-fashioned way: load our manual SLR cameras with black & white film, process the negative, project the image on the light sensitive photo paper and finally process and print that projected image. And yes, I have spent a chunk of my time in the dark room and have crashed into someone a couple of times.

Like most film students, Necopan too was one of my favorite brands.

Philippine Post Office, Liwasang Bonifacio, 1998

heavily guarded

The Oblation, University of the Philippines (2001)

I heard the people roar at the Senate grounds (Jericho March, 2001)

Deposed President Erap effigy way back in 2001 at Mendiola.
 But people have short memories--- he is now elected Mayor of Manila 

 It was definitely in my college soundtrack.

The truth shall set you free

Woe to those who rob the poor

we all wanted to change the world

A boy named Jao at the Jericho March (2001)
He'd be around 15yrs.old now if he was 3 then