Remmon E. Barbaza’s interest in photography began when he first got hold of an SLR film camera with a “nifty fifty” almost forty years ago, in the mid-80s. While earning a BA in Linguistics from UP Diliman, an MA in Philosophy from the Ateneo de Manila University, and a PhD in Philosophy from the Hochschule für Philosophie in Munich, Germany, Barbaza kept his enthusiasm for photography. In 2017 he joined a photography workshop in Manila with the New York-based visual artist and photographer, Adam Marelli, thanks to a generous sponsorship by Barbaza’s good friend and fellow photography enthusiast, Dr. Victor Calanog.

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Barbaza took a shot at the MartinParrPhotoChallenge9, submitting a photo he took at home of two pieces of tinapa on a blue-and-white plate. Out of a hundred entries, the photo was featured by Martin Parr himself along with a few others in his Instagram Stories. In 2023 he launched a new course, Philosophy of Photography, at the Ateneo de Manila University.

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