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Search our small collection of articles about Photography in the Philippines. Welcome to Insights, a special publication of Photography Chismis PH.
From Nanoscale to Satellite Imaging: A Journey of Wonders
During my college years as an applied physics student, I focused my research on materials physics. At its core, materials physics delves int
Stephanie Tumampos
Sep 9, 2024
Wheel of Time: The Enduring Spirit of the Komboys of Benguet
Flipping through archives of Baguio from the early 1900s, during its establishment as a highland hill station, one finds records of the earl
Fara Manuel-Nolasco Ph.D.
Sep 7, 2024
Documentary and the Cinema Noir of Raya Martin and Aldolfo Alix Jr’s “Manila”
Anyone who has spent any time in Southeast Asia will be familiar with streets drenched in the humid grime of tropical heat. The opening sequ
Tom White
Sep 7, 2024
Photographer’s Gaze: The Subjectivity in Art Documentation
Art exhibitions, often situated in the fleeting spaces of galleries, museums, and alternative venues, pose a challenge in preserving their t
John Paul Diciembre
Sep 7, 2024
CONTEMPLATIONS | Reflections on Brief Migration, Photography and Arab Weddings in the Middle East
Without prior experience in wedding photography and with only a little knowledge of the country where I was going, I eagerly packed my lugga
Ria Kristina Torrente
Jul 5, 2024
IDs for all: The history of the Filipino Freelance Journalists' Guild (FFJ)
It all began with an ID card. It was 2021, and I was doing a story at the time for an international publication. As you may know, this
Maro Enriquez
Jun 29, 2024
Memes as Critique: Interview with Meme Press Photo
The proof of Meme Press Photo's significance, and perhaps international notoriety, became obvious to Philippine photojournalists when Vivek
Meme Press Photo
Jun 29, 2024
Zhuang Wubin, Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey (review)
Zhuang Wubin’s Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey is marked by multiple motivations. Mainly, it surveys photographic practice in Southe
Carlos Quijon Jr.
Jun 27, 2024
Context collapse in Vien Valencia's 'Bad Land'
It is a lot to take in, but what, concretely and materially, do we actually see? And how does what we see align with the vision of the artis
Sean Carballo
Jun 27, 2024
Time Bubble
What is the relationship between Time and Photography? Generations of photographers and philosophers would respond differently. For the grou
Stephanie Frondoso
Jun 27, 2024
Eh ito, Art ba 'to?
A drawing of two presidents with words "Evil Is All Around Us" on the country's premier cultural structure is a monumental expression that c
Anton Baello
Jun 26, 2024
2044
The breaking dawn and neon glow of skyscrapers cast a kaleidoscope of colors on Maharlika Manila. Hover taxis zip past, their drivers effort
Jeremy Sandel
Jun 26, 2024
My Aesthetic of Squalor
I am not an artist. (Or, at least, I do not dare call myself an artist). Neither am I a photographer. (Again, I don't dare.) However, I am
Agustin Martin Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Jun 26, 2024
From Ephemeral Experiences to Lasting Legacies: Discourses on Experimental Art in the Philippines during the 1960s and 1970s
This paper shows how the Philippine visual art scene of the 1960s and 1970s offered particularly fertile ground for early experiments in pro
Eva Bentcheva, Ph.D.
Jun 26, 2024
Object Number 2022.24.1
It’s a simple query: where are we, and what do we look like within these American archives? Where are we not? Where are we – accidentally?
Stephanie Syjuco
Jun 25, 2024
Across Distance and Time: (Re)Connecting Through Embodied Practice
There were two homes I wish I could have visited: the home of my grandparents, where my mother was born and the home of my great-grandparent
Ursula Handleigh
Jun 24, 2024
Shifting Parameters
What does it entail, as an artist, being/becoming diasporic? Often this constitutes an origin and a destination, creating a sense of place w
Anna Rafanan
Jun 24, 2024
Analog Resurrection and a New Way of Seeing
Photography, much like any other field in ambiguity (like philosophy), has a plethora of definitions, mostly personal ones. For one, photogr
Alyssa Iresare
Jun 24, 2024
Framing a Winning Photograph: The Photography Category of the Shell NSAC
Since 1951, the Shell National Students Art Competition (Shell NSAC) has celebrated the talents of young visual artists by hosting annual co
Francesca Locsin
Jun 24, 2024
Identifying the tipping point?
My research on Jules Itier was initiated in 2011 within the context of a photography history course I was developing for the School of Art D
Gilles Massot
Jun 22, 2024
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