Category: photography
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Before the Water Rises: Daraitan’s Life and Resistance in the Heart of Sierra Madre
Situated in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Brgy. Daraitan in Tanay, Rizal is home to the Dumagat-Remontado community, guardians of ancestral lands that sustain their livelihood, culture, and identity. Today, this way of life faces a looming threat from the Kaliwa Dam project, which could submerge farms, rivers, homes, and…
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Carabao Races: Culture and Tradition in the Philippines
The carabao race at Barangay Bibiclat in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, Philippines is a traditional event held to commemorate the Feast of St. John the Baptist on June 25, 2024. Alongside the Taong Putik (mud people) Festival that has become a tourist attraction, the carabao race draws crowds. It is held…
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Mud People Fest
Every year, on June 24, Catholic devotees in the village of Bibiclat in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija celebrate the feast of Saint John the Baptist with a ritual that has attracted tourists in recent years. The devotees of the “Pagsa-San Juan” call themselves “Taong Putik,” literally “mud people.” They wake up before…
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Whispering Hope
Communication Arts students of De La Salle University photographed for their photojournalism class individuals in Metro Manila before Christmas 2022 and asked their subject’s hope for the coming year and beyond.
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USAID Fish Right Program: Empowering Communities Through Captivating Visual Storytelling Workshop
Tagburos is one of the barangays of Puerto Princesa City in the island province of Palawan. Fishing is the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population of Tagburos. Its population was 9,824 which is 3.20% of the population of Puerto Princesa, as per Census 2020, spread in…
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