Photo Updates & Events
Photo Walk highlights ‘uniquely Filipino’ theme–
About a hundred professional and new photographers attempted to capture what is “uniquely Filipino” in their hometowns during the Second Annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk held recently. Organized by master photographer John Chua for photographers of the Manila Baywalk leg with the support of Canon Marketing Philippines, the winner received Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Book Volume III and the opportunity to compete with other Photo Walk winners from across the globe for a chance to win more prizes.
A photograph of two brothers captured by Giovanni Lagamas won first place and will represent the Manila Baywalk leg in the international competition. Froi Rivera’s photo of colorful reflections of light won second place and will also represent in the said contest. Another standout photo was taken by Winston Baltazar (an image of a Filipino delicacy, dried squids on sticks), landed as third place.
A photo walk encourages photographers to explore their own towns to find familiar and often unnoticed beautiful images. “Sometimes we take for granted things that are familiar and common to us that we fail to see the beautiful images that surround us,” Chua said. Thus, a photo walk provides an opportunity to photographers to rediscover their hometowns and cities and open their eyes to see how beautiful the place they live in, he added.
One of the Photo Walk’s objectives, according to Chua, is to spark new interest in photography and encourage newcomers to take photography beyond being a hobby. In line with this, they organized “photo buddies” of professional and new photographers where professional lensmen assist and advise newbies on better subjects and angles and how to maximize their cameras’ features to produce good and high quality photographs. He also expressed gratitude to all the people who supported the event, especially Canon which has been active in promoting photography in the country.
“Canon is delighted to be part of the Photo Walk and be able to collaborate with new and veteran photographers in a social environment,” said JayR Romero, Canon Marketing Philippines’ product supervisor for EOS and Pro products. “Canon is committed to provide only the best in professional gear to meet the demanding and challenging requirements of creative photography.”
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Capturing the beauty of ‘Dwelling’
The Silverlens Gallery will be holding a photo exhibit dubbed as “Dwelling,” a series of images by Frankie Callaghan. As in his process and concept, Callaghan captures the ambient aura and light of the city. He takes to the backstreets and saturates dwelling places, monuments of cement and metal, in washes of light and color from their immediate surroundings.
He seizes rare glimpses of stillness, steeped in an acute awareness of the present. “I found myself drawn to the quiet, empty spaces of urban fringes at night and to the unintentional beauty of dwellings that seem to have grown organically out of the sincere need for shelter and the limits of material and space,” says Callaghan. His forthright perception eliminates the noise of judgment and elucidating the scenery with evidence of stories and leaves viewer to speculate. And as a product of his candid process and perception, he reveals the indwelling life and beauty that are most often overlooked.
Dwelling by Frankie Callaghan opens at 6 pm on September 9 and runs until October 3. It will be shown alongside Archetypes by Stanley Ruiz and a group show featuring 10 collage artists curated by Gary-Ross Pastrana at the Slab.
For inquiries, contact Silverlens Gallery at 816-0044, 0905-2650873, e-mail at: manage@silverlensphoto.com., or visit www.silverlensphoto.com.
