Photo Exhibit at CCP

My cousin Nina who's a photographer in New York, together with a group of artists, opened a photo exhibit last night at the CCP. My cousin has been working on this project for quite some time now. They've been holding workshops for young, aspiring photographers, providing them professional training and gathering them for project shoots in various sites. One of their major project trips was Sagada and it comprised a big part of the photo exhibit. The photos were beautiful. With the theme "photobaryo" they were able to collect pictures of beautiful sceneries, landscapes and snapshots of people in the barrio and their different activities. The pictures of children were my favorite :)

Nowadays, anyone with a camera can be a photographer. But I realized it takes more than that. Taking a nice picture of your friends at the beach with a breathtaking view of the sea in a black and white or sepia effect is nothing compared to a picture of young children in worn out clothes and slippers playing with empty cans looking as happy as could be, as if they haven't got a care in the world.

Congratulations Nin! You guys did a really great job! :)

The exhibit will run until July 28. If you have friends who are lovers of photography and art, please spread the word!

Drago and what he'll look like 10 years from now

With my cousins

he has a baby goat, i have a baby kangaroo

Julia with my cousin Nina