tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21355097647336109472024-03-18T20:31:17.707-07:00larawan ng kasaysayanLarawan ng Kasaysayan: Photography is a toll for dealing with things everybody knows about but isn't attending to. My photographs are intended to represent something you don't see.dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-88253651448814370512008-04-16T02:35:00.002-07:002008-04-16T02:53:19.774-07:00THE WINGS OF BAGWIS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRIblasKcluFJb6ASG20j5TRmnTE3RuTs2qzmHJb7cGnpZ2Ey9vraaUgK1SEofLyDoh7__VW-iIpeAgJn3zcGjn1xVBNviRUXrXUdDuUeC15sdqGNC7NP0ZaXlk-liBIwmKWKuIevdiU/s1600-h/solo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRIblasKcluFJb6ASG20j5TRmnTE3RuTs2qzmHJb7cGnpZ2Ey9vraaUgK1SEofLyDoh7__VW-iIpeAgJn3zcGjn1xVBNviRUXrXUdDuUeC15sdqGNC7NP0ZaXlk-liBIwmKWKuIevdiU/s320/solo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189778943444765410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p>Armed with borrowed Nikon F2, “Bagwis” spread his wings in the school of life and taught himself the art of photography. He further enriched his skills in photography by reading borrowed books from friends and relatives and asking professional photographers for their tips in shooting pictures and covering events.<br />Born on July 1957 in Quezon Province, Leo Esclanda earned his pseudo name “Bagwis” when his colleagues who happened to see him inside the police station and was being questioned by Manila police, exclaimed one by one, as they passed by: <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>“Uy si Bagwis un” (Hey, its Bagwis). He was a lone photojournalist of BAGWIS, a weekly newspaper during the dark days of Martial Law. <span style=""> </span>BAGWIS was an underground newspaper which tackled government corruption, human rights violations and stories of people’s movement.<span style=""> </span>Bagwis is also associated with the national democratic mass movement.<span style=""> </span>His name is synonymous to pictures of New People’s Army, Communist Party of the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region> and its allied underground revolutionary organizations in their quest for justice.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>From then on, everybody who worked closely to Leo be it in line with photojournalism or an activist he met in the streets or during rally, fondly called him Bagwis.<br />Self-taught Esclanda was not hindered by scarcity of books in the libraries.<span style=""> </span>He rummaged also the collections of his relatives and friends.<span style=""> </span>He later honed his dogmatic book learnings by joining Philippine Collegian, school organ of the University of the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span style=""> </span>He challenged his skill and perfected it by covering different beats and found rallies and demonstration not just a test of skill but a stint of his political conscience.<span style=""> </span>For Bagwis, street is his school and his experience is his teacher.<span style=""> </span>Schools of photography during their time were few and only the rich can afford it.<span style=""> </span>Unlike today, basic photography and photojournalism are included in school curriculum.<br />Indeed, as a saying goes, experience is the best teacher.<span style=""> </span>Bagwis deepened his understanding in photography when he became involved in labor union in 1980s, when the country is still under the control of the Marcoses and its cronies.<span style=""> </span>His pictures of the various workers’ rallies, strikes and boycotts made him realized that photography can be a vehicle of change; his camera, a tool to expose the evils of Marcos regime and oppose its inhumane governance. <span style=""> </span>His camera became his weapon to fight social evils and the people's issues his driving force.<br />Bagwis also learned not just to point and shoot, but he also learned patience in the dark room.<span style=""> </span>Photographers in the 80’s were obliged to go back to their office to process their negatives. Or they would asked their friends from government agencies to used their dark rooms to save time.<span style=""> </span>Processing negatives were meticulous and tedious, Esclanda quipped, but with digital cameras today, in a matter of seconds, photographers can easily evaluate his photos and wire it to the net automatically.<span style=""> </span>Photographers today are now save from the risk of<span style=""> </span>miscalculating time in processing their negatives.<span style=""> </span>They can easily change their pictures without worrying that it might be “under” or “over” developed pictures.<br />After the fall of Ferdinand Marcos, journalism flourished as a sign of free and democratic country.<span style=""> </span>Businessmen published different newspapers and magazines. Bagwis then became a stringer for Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) now Reuter in which he befriended the late Willy Vicoy and Mr. Alex Baluyot who<span style=""> </span>worked also for AP. He sought also their expertise and skills so as to enhance his own abilities.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>He also became photo correspondent of the defunct Midweek magazine which gave him more challenging events to cover.<br />When asked about the difference between the old timer photojournalists and the new timers, Bagwis said that there is not much difference between the two.<span style=""> </span>The style and the content of the photos are more of the same during those days and today. The difference is only in form.<span style=""> </span>However, he warned that new breed photojournalists are easy prey for corruption in the industry.<span style=""> </span>Many young photographers wanted more money and involved less in social cause.<span style=""> </span>Some are even lazy and not even a risk-taker.<br />Furthermore, Esclanda believes that photojournalism will continue to live and flourish in our country and in the world.<span style=""> </span>Photography is still a viable field of journalism.<span style=""> </span>Photos are unspoken words.<span style=""> </span>They have the power to move people.<span style=""> </span>The great thing that is happening with Philippine photojournalism is that it is shifting its gear- evolving in a new form, new style and new dynamics. It continuously moving and evolving medium of communication and it has weathered and seasoned that it withstood its existence.<span style=""> </span>As we can see, photos are now posted in the internet.<br />Esclanda is now the photo-editor for Pinoy Weekly, a weekly alternative newspaper.<span style=""> </span>And true to its name, Bagwis is still spreading his wings and soaring high.</p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-48293880713084463972008-04-04T01:19:00.000-07:002008-04-04T01:33:09.245-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy1cxqutjkKGcIlMN5mvmXvx_MHkNQ-KIBxVHWTk3FKxv95boovzAa3JWaisb-l0lN5U6RKJ9-0fE5Ox_otlR8J31rOb8y2dtLAvfDCYk68xm-q_JeMTOHXQZzMy_gnDpzWz24Z_Rc_U/s1600-h/canton,july-aug+1938.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy1cxqutjkKGcIlMN5mvmXvx_MHkNQ-KIBxVHWTk3FKxv95boovzAa3JWaisb-l0lN5U6RKJ9-0fE5Ox_otlR8J31rOb8y2dtLAvfDCYk68xm-q_JeMTOHXQZzMy_gnDpzWz24Z_Rc_U/s320/canton,july-aug+1938.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185302722948924642" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; text-align: justify; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; text-align: justify; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Robert Capa<br /><o:p></o:p></span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough"<br /></span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span>Robert Capa, the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist held his camera only inches from the faces of the grief-stricken and the grievously wounded combatants and civilians.<span style=""> </span>In unique detail, he captured the human drama, the raw and emotional manifestations of hardship and struggle of people caught in the midst of conflict.<br /><o:p> </o:p><span style=""> </span>Born André Friedmann in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Budapest</st1:place></st1:city> in 1913, Capa entered a world in conflict, between nations and between his parents. At young age, he suffered hunger, discrimination and political persecution for being a Jew and found solace and solidarity among leftist revolutionaries.<o:p></o:p><br /><span style=""> </span>He was barely 18 when he moved to <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:state> and took up photojournalism. His first big break came in 1932, when he was assigned to photograph Trotsky as he spoke in a <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Copenhagen</st1:place></st1:city> stadium on the meaning of the Russian Revolution.<span style=""> </span>Taken within a meter of so of Trotsky, his pictures etched an intense and intimate image of one of the figureheads in Russian revolution, thus it became Capa’s trademarks.<br /><span style=""> </span>In 1936, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" lang="EN">he became known across the globe for a photo he took on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba%2C_Spain" title="Córdoba, Spain">Cordoba</a> Front of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist" title="Loyalist">Loyalist</a> Militiaman who had just been shot and was in the act of falling to his death.<span style=""> </span>The loyalist soldier was not a ruthless warmonger but an ordinary man or woman who had been forced to defend what he loves.<span style=""> </span>The falling soldier became the iconic war, and anti-war image of the 20<sup>th</sup> century.<span style=""> </span>Capa believed that in war you must<span style=""> </span>have a position or you cannot stant what goes on.<span style=""> </span>Thus, the photo of the “falling soldier” represent his </span><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">political bias and idealism.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As Nazi power grew in </span><st1:country-region style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Friedmann moved to </span><st1:city style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Paris</st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, the only city he would ever consider home. In </span><st1:country-region style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on"><st1:place st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, he documented the social and industrial strife of the mid-1930s, struggled to earn a living and fell in love with Gerda Taro.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Together they invented Robert Capa, a rich, famous, talented American photographer.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">They moved on to war-torn </span><st1:country-region style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, determined to fight totalitarianism with cameras. Taro was killed in a road accident and part of Capa died with her. Still, he pursued his calling, traveling to China in 1938 to cover the Sino-Japanese war, back to Spain as the Republican cause was collapsing and then, as World War II raged, on to North Africa, Sicily, the Italian mainland and — most traumatically — to Omaha Beach and the slaughter of the D-Day invasion.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After more than a decade of front-line reporting, in collaboration with David Seymour and Henri Cartier-Bresson, they set up in 1947 the Magnum photo cooperative.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On May 25, the last morning of his life, he set out from the </span><st1:place style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">village</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Nam Dinh</st1:placename></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, in </span><st1:country-region style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Vietnam</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'s </span><st1:place style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on">Red River</st1:place> delta, and exclaimed: "this is going to be a beautiful story.” Eight hours — and 30 km — later, Capa was dead, killed by a landmine at Thai Binh, as he tried to get just that little bit closer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-90172905040270766722008-04-03T23:39:00.000-07:002008-04-04T01:13:00.238-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvN2k57FdD1hLTQj-0gPkcAcvI_SvMfTBdl7mnuD1q-zxauN8B8jCyeNxi8FFZXzt0gAsJyyGXt1D0L7ULEiSxJsNQO7loCdPH0hhiM2IbAziqFePJ1F13ytSiJsaEsMK94PitleoDWs/s1600-h/prudente2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvN2k57FdD1hLTQj-0gPkcAcvI_SvMfTBdl7mnuD1q-zxauN8B8jCyeNxi8FFZXzt0gAsJyyGXt1D0L7ULEiSxJsNQO7loCdPH0hhiM2IbAziqFePJ1F13ytSiJsaEsMK94PitleoDWs/s320/prudente2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185300120198743250" border="0" /></a><br />IN HONOR OF DR. NEMESIO PRUDENTE<br /><br />By Prof. Jose Maria Sison<br />Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines<br />Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines<br />4 April 2008<br /><br /> My family and I express sincere condolences to the family of Dr.<br />Nemesio Prudente. We grieve his passing away. At the same time, we<br />accept his well-deserved rest. We know that he has gone to a place<br />of glory where he joins the patriots and heroes of the motherland. We<br />honor him for his many achievements. We celebrate these as various<br />speakers recount them.<br /> He was an outstanding educator. He rose to the position of president<br />of the Philippine College of Commerce and then the Polytechnic<br />University of the Philippines. But most admirable of him was that he<br />promoted and practised that type of education and life of action that<br />is clearly, resolutely and militantly in the service of the Filipino<br />people in their struggle for national liberation, democracy, social<br />justice, development and peace.<br /> Before "Doc" Prudente became the president of the PCC in the 1960s,<br />I had been in touch with PCC student leaders and campus journalists<br />whom I encouraged to form a study group in connection with the<br />project of developing the national democratic movement among the<br />students in the University Belt area and preparing for the<br />organization of Kabataang Makabayan.<br /> When "Doc" Prudente" became the PCC president, we did not know right<br />away what would be his policy towards the student movement. Soon<br />enough, he articulated a progressive nationalist policy and was ever<br />supportive of the students whenever they joined protest mass actions.<br />He also appointed to the faculty patriotic and progressive teachers.<br />Thus, the PCC became one of the most active centers of the<br />anti-imperialist and democratic student movement in the 1960s, in the<br />First Quarter Storm of 1970 and up to the imposition of martial law on<br />the people.<br /> Before I went underground in late 1968, I had become close to "Doc"<br />Prudente because I had frequent conversations with him and Prof.<br />Teodosio Lansang over subjects encompassing philosophy, political<br />economy and social science in connection with current events. "Doc"<br />Prudente had a revolutionary outlook and was seriously interested in<br />the revolutionary transformation of Philippine society from a<br />semicolonial and semifeudal status to an independent and democratic one.<br /> When I was already underground, I continued to communicate with "Doc"<br />Prudente through Charlie del Rosario who was a PCC faculty member. He<br />did not waver in supporting the national democratic movement and<br />student protest mass movement against the US-Marcos regime, even as<br />the writ of habeas corpus was suspended in 1971 and the fascist<br />dictatorship was rapidly taking shape.<br /> He also actively supported the Movement for a Democratic Philippines,<br />the Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties and the<br />formation of a workers' institute. He cooperated with the Preparatory<br />Commission of the NDFP and subsequently with the NDFP. He was never<br />cowed by threats of arrest and actual detention. In and out of the<br />fascist prison, he was a model of firm resistance and a modest<br />hardworking man among comrades.<br /> I met "Doc" Prudente for the last time when we attended a fund-raising<br />event for SELDA in the garden of a well-to-do in Dasmarinas Village in<br />1986. While abroad, I would be saddened and outraged by repeated<br />attempts on his life in 1987. The enemy could not tolerate his ideas<br />and deeds in fighting for the rights of workers, in promoting the<br />united front and in making the PUP an outstanding university of<br />learning and technical training for patriotic and progressive<br />students and teachers.<br /> But "Doc" Prudente was a steadfast revolutionary patriot. He upheld<br />his principles and courageously put his life, limb and liberty on the<br />line in fighting for the just cause of the Filipino people. In his<br />years of retirement from academic life, he continued to have excellent<br />relations with the revolutionary mass movement, especially with the<br />youth and workers. He was held in the highest esteem by the broad<br />masses of the people. His memory and example will always inspire the<br />people.dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-13682691120366542572008-03-29T01:04:00.000-07:002008-03-29T01:18:41.809-07:00MAGBABALUT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnT3TeGbgcWfVZXLJ-yAlT34_gybgbvjjGxb0WHWvrUNK4ShajERktBlhKJeQmyAhaf0UK5WnL3f6Xg5DDooNfLWIn_4uUU57CtZuBnWAM-SE26OfG683xU4DyzcH57_B69XNxcHVRw0g/s1600-h/4...jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnT3TeGbgcWfVZXLJ-yAlT34_gybgbvjjGxb0WHWvrUNK4ShajERktBlhKJeQmyAhaf0UK5WnL3f6Xg5DDooNfLWIn_4uUU57CtZuBnWAM-SE26OfG683xU4DyzcH57_B69XNxcHVRw0g/s320/4...jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183074579815105730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Uugod-ugod patungo sa kanyang distinayos habang nakabitin sa <span style=""> </span>kanang braso ang isang lumang basket.<br /><span style=""> </span>Sa intruswelo, eskinita, sa mga nagsasayawang kukuti-kutitap na ilaw.<br /><span style=""> </span>Sa isang bahay sambahan ay titigil, uupo at mamamahinga na tila nagsusumamo ng kaunti pang lakas.<br /><span style=""> </span>Suot ang isang lumang pangginaw habang natatakpan ang <span style=""> </span>isang gusgusing bistida na umimpis na ang kulay dahil sa kalumaan. Nakatabong ang isang<span style=""> </span>bull cap na kulay pula na tumatakip sa mga ubaning mga buhok nito.<br /><span style=""> </span>Ibubulalas ang paminsan-minsang impit at garargar na sigaw na halatang pilit.<br /><span style=""> </span>Kung aakalain isang mahiyaing tao dahil sa nayukong katawang sanhi ng baluktot na likod nito animo’y bakal na bumaluktot dahil sa pagkadarang sa init ng apoy.<br /><span style=""> </span>Sa halos apat napung taon, paulit-ulit, paikot-ikot ang buhay ni Lola Nikolasa.<span style=""> </span>Bagaman 75 taong gulang na ay ipinagpapatuloy ang paglalako ng balut gabi-gabi sa Sta. <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Mesa</st1:place></st1:city>, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Manila</st1:place></st1:city>.<br /><span style=""> </span>Itinuturing na isa sa pinakamatandang nanirahan ni Lola Nikolasa sa kahabaan ng riles ng tren sa Sta. Mesa na ngayon ay lalong pinalala ang kalagayan dahil sa kawalan ng lalong katiyakan sa kabuhayan nito. Noong isang taon ay sapilitang pinalikas si Lola Nikolasa kasama ang pamilya nito patungong Bucaue, Bulakan upang bigyang daan ang pagpapaganda sa kahabaan ng riles sa Sta. Mesa. Subalit mga ilang araw lamang kasama ang apat na anak at apo ay napilitan itong bumalik sa naturang lugar dahil sa kawalan ng kabuhayan sa Bulakan.<br /><span style=""> </span>Sa gilid ng PUP sama-samang pinagkakasya ang mga katawan habang natutulog sa isang tagpi-tagping barung-barong. Samantalang ang ibang anak nitong si Antonio 45, Teresita 38 ay nakikitulog na lamang sa kanilang mga pinapasukang pagawaan sa <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Pasig</st1:place></st1:city>. Ang iba pang anak nito na si Jeffrey 31, trolley driver at Mario isang pedicab driver ay ginawang <st1:place st="on">kama</st1:place> na lamang ang kanilang pinagkukunan ng kabuhayan.<br /><span style=""> </span>Samantalang sa kabila ng katandaan ni Lola Nikolasa ay solo nitong inaalagaan ang mga apong natigil sa pagaaral sanhi ng dislokasyon habang namamasada ang dalawang anak.<br /><span style=""> </span>Pagsapit ng alasingko ay mamimili ito ng 30 pirasong itlog pato sa kalapit na palengke at pag-uwi ay magsisiga ng apoy upang ilaga ang mga nabiling mga itlog para maging balut. Dakong ala-siete ng gabi ay ihahanda na nito ang mga balut. Matapos masiguradong kumpleto ang mga apo ay maglalako naman ito ng balut hanggang alas dose ng hating gabi.<br /><span style=""> </span>Araw ng linggo at sabado maituturing na suwerteng araw kay lola Nikolasa dahil matao sa simbahang pinupuwestuhan ng paninda nito.<span style=""> </span>Sa puhunang P7.75 perasong itlog na binibili nito ay naibebenta niya ng P12 kada isang balut.<br /><span style=""> </span>Si Lola Nikolasa ay isa lamang sa mga lolang maituturing na inaabuso ang kanilang katandaan na matapos makuba sa pagtataguyod ng mga anak , ngayon naman ay mga apo ang pinagsisilbihan. Na dapat sanay sa taglay na edad ay dapat sanang ilaan na lamang ang buhay sa paglilibang at lasapin ang sarap ng pagiging retirado.<br />Sa ganitong kaso sino nga ba ang maaring sisihin. Ang kanyang mga anak na halos kanilang sarili ay halos di rin kayang suportahan ang kumakalam na sikmura dahil sa kakarampot na kinikita o ang pamahalaan na dapat kumalinga sa mga matatandang dating pinakinabangan narin dahil sa pagbabayad ng buwis.<o:p></o:p><br /><span style=""> </span>Ayon kay<span style=""> </span>Vergilio F. Rivas isang propesor ng <span style=""> </span>sosyolohiya sa PUP, ang ganitong kalagayan ng mga matatanda ay bahagi narin ng kulturang Pilipino kung saan ang pamilyang Pilipino ay magkakayakap na hinaharap ang anumang alon sa buhay. Sa katunayan sa elementarya pa lamang ay itinuturo ang kasabihang<span style=""> </span>ang ina ay ang siyang ilaw ng tahanan. Sa makatuwid pabirong sinabi ni Prof. Rivas na kung ang ina<span style=""> </span>ang ilaw ng tahanan ang lola naman ay ang ilaw ng mga ilaw. Maituturing ang mga lola aniya na isang malakas na pinanggagalingan<span style=""> </span>ng enerhiya na siyang nagbibigay lakas upang mabisang makapagbigay<span style=""> </span>ng liwanag ang isang ilaw ng tahanan.<br /> Katibayan rin sa paniwalang ito ang nangyari kay Melchora Aquino na di inalintana ang katandaan upang pagsilbihang ang mga katipunero sa panahong ng panunupil ng mga dayuhang kastila.<br /> Ayon naman kay PUP Chaplain Fr. Lonnie Borg, dahil umano sa ang Pilipino ay isang bansang katoliko maaring inihahambing ang mga lola kay Inay Maria na matapos masaksihan at tiisin ang paghihirap ng kanyang anak na si Jesus ay pumayag pa itong maging ina ng mga desipulo ni Jesus.<br /> Sa ginawang pananaliksik nina <span style=""> </span>Natividad JN at Cruz GT (<a href="http://www.pubmed.gov/">www.pubmed.gov</a>) nakatala sa kanilang libro na <i style="">Journal of Marriage and Family</i> <span style=""> </span>na sa 2,285 na edad 50 at 1,131 edad 60,<span style=""> </span>92.5% <span style=""> </span>dito ay pawang taga pag-alaga <span style=""> </span>ng kanilang mga apo. Malinaw na sa panahong isinagawa ang pananaliksik noong 1996 ay may malaking pursyento na ng mga lola sa Pilipinas ay kabilang sa naabusong mga matatanda.<br /> Naitala rin sa naturang libro na sa Pilipinas nanguna ang rehiyon IV na may pinakamalaking bilang ng mga <i style="">“senior citizens” </i>samantalang ang pumangalawa naman ang rehiyon VI, pangatlo ang rehiyon <i style=""><span style=""> </span></i>III at National Capital Region ang pumangatlo.<br /> Sa kaso ni Lola<span style=""> </span>Nikolasa na patuloy sa paghahanap buhay para sa mga apo at naniniwalang ang kanyang mga apo ang kanyang tanging yaman di mapapasubalian na isa nga siya sa inaabusong lola ng kanyang sariling mga anak na silang dapat kumalinga sa kanilang magulang.<br /> Ang mga katulad ni Lola Nikolasa ang dapat pagkalooban ng kagyat ng tulong mula sa iba-iban ahensya particular ang pamahalaan.<span style=""> </span>Subalit mayroong nga bang batas na tumataguyod sa kagalingan ng mga lola sa bansa.<br /> Noong Enero 1992 isinabatas ang Republic Act 7432 na lalong kilala sa tawag na Senior Citizens Act kunsaan kinikilala ang kontribusyon ng mga senior citizen bilang kabalikat sa pagunlad ng bansa.<span style=""> </span>Kalakip nito ang pagbibigay benipisyo at prebilehiyo sa matatanda.<br /> Sa naturang batas ang ang kahulugan senior citizen ay ang mga may edad 60 pataas, na nagretiro sa pagtratrabaho sa pamahalaan at prebadong ahensya ng paggawa ay maituturing na mga senior citizen.<br /> Maliban sa edad, itinuturing ring kasama sa senior citizen ang mga Pilipino na naninirahan sa Pilipinas<span style=""> </span>ng may umabot kumulang sa 183 araw at nagnanais na ipagpatuloy ang pagtigil sa bansa.<br /> Ang mga papasok sa kategoriyang ito ay nararapat pagkalooban ng indentification card na nagsasaad ng kanilang pagiging senior citizen at ang naturang ID<span style=""> </span>ay magiging basehan upang magkaroon ng malaking pursyento kabawasan sa anumang bilihin o serbisyo nais nila.<br /> Samantalang sinusugan naman ang paunang batas ng Republic Act 7876 o batas na nagpapahintulot sa pagtatayo ng isang sentro para sa mga senior citizen sa lahat ng dako ng bansa.<br /> Ayon dito kinakailangang magtalaga ng mga lugar ang pamahalaan<span style=""> </span>na maaaring maging sentro para sa pangunahing serbisyo tulad ng<span style=""> </span>edukasyon, kalusugan, libangan at iba pang programang kakalinga sa kagalingan ng mga senior citizen.<br /> Ipinaguutos ng naturang batas ang pagsasagawa ng koordinasyon ng iba-ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan particular ang Department of Health (DOH) at Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).dp</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-74524819209767573012008-03-09T22:51:00.000-07:002008-03-09T22:57:49.997-07:00CONCERNED PHOTOJOURNALISTS:RIIS AND JACOB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo5T8-GMri0kFbA7-6Na2Upvhz8ORq6NZZ-YSFyUJUXv1nTD5ErR_AQcSGhyTJvRI-_9gw0v4bIZEtLmeGv2s2BxXqFDcqnnkU3JDv3Lwa1kRX_ov40K9WFM1PcKKVemwDyYloaZAK5k/s1600-h/RIIS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo5T8-GMri0kFbA7-6Na2Upvhz8ORq6NZZ-YSFyUJUXv1nTD5ErR_AQcSGhyTJvRI-_9gw0v4bIZEtLmeGv2s2BxXqFDcqnnkU3JDv3Lwa1kRX_ov40K9WFM1PcKKVemwDyYloaZAK5k/s320/RIIS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175987553353776834" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";" >As photography continues its evolvement and advancement as an art, science and tool of information, many photographers, on the other hand, continue to search for a new purpose and meaning of their skill and artwork.<span style=""> </span>Jacob Riis, a news photographer, used his camera not just to inform the public but also to expose the social ills of their society and was able to seek reforms that lead to necessary upliftment of the living condition of slum dwellers in <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> in early 1900.<span style=""> </span>Riis exposure to other side of reality – the reality of the oppressed and exploited New Yorkers helped him realized that he has an edge, among others, to inform the public about the abuses in sweatshops, child labor and slum dwellings.<span style=""> </span>Hence, his photographic theme leads to a new genre of photography nowadays, i.e. photography of the struggling poor.<o:p></o:p><br /> Another photographer, Lewis Hine, a trained sociologist and <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> teacher, thread this kind of photography.<span style=""> </span>He trained himself the use of Graflex camera and gave up teaching to devote full time to photography.<span style=""> </span>Like Riis, Hine was also inspired by people’s heed for social reforms.<span style=""> </span>He once said that there were two things he wanted to do.<span style=""> </span>To wit, Hine said:”I wanted to show the things that had to be corrected. I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated.”<span style=""> </span>Thus, his photographs of immigrants at <st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state>’s <st1:place st="on">Ellis Island</st1:place> and their subsequent settling in tenements are his masterpieces of photo reporting.”<o:p></o:p><br /> Both Riis and Hine, did not confined themselves to the question of “what” are the social conditions” of their society but rather dig beyond the said reality by unfolding the answers to “why” or reason/s of the existing condition and to the “how,” they’re going to help affect societal change.<span style=""> </span>The exposure of photographers in the other side of reality –the oppressed and exploited majority people of <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> played a major role in raising their social <span style=""> </span>awareness and concern. They went to the places of the poor disguised as worker or beggar to be up close with slum dwellers and relate with sweatshop workers.<br /> The social conditions that exist during the time of Riis and Hine still exist today.<span style=""> </span>But sad to say, few photographers dare to take the road traveled by Riis and Hine.<span style=""> </span>That is because this kind of photography is not lucrative and high paying job but rather it entails danger and hardship.<span style=""> </span>Photographers or photojournalists who dare take this kind of noble profession risks their lives in fulfilling their duty.<span style=""> </span>Many photojournalists covering people’s action such as pickets, rallies or demonstrations or covering war in <st1:place st="on">Mindanao</st1:place> or military encounter with the New People’s Army were also beaten, harassed or killed. This sad fact is not only true during the dark days of martial law but even with so-called democratic governance of Gloria administration. To say the least, even an international organization of journalist cited the <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region></st1:place> as most dangerous place for journalist and of course for photojournalists as well.<br /> On Susan Sontag’s book on photography described Riis and Hines photographs as an “aid for understanding” (page111). They discover the beauty of the medium (photographs) in a different perspective.<br /> But of course, like Riis and Hine, there are still photographers/photojournalists in our country who are devoted and believe that photography is an effective medium for social change and reforms in our country.<span style=""> </span>By using the camera responsibly, photographers or photojournalists, people can be aware of the present and deteriorating condition of our people especially poor peasants and workers.<span style=""> </span>Our pictures are surely a message itself but we are going to put a relevant caption on it, with an intention of deepening the message of the photographs, it will definitely be an effective tool of raising social consciousness of an individual.<span style=""> </span>Personally, I am glad that non-government organization, people’s organization or religious organization included photo exhibits as one of the means in their conscious-raising program. Literacy-numeracy teachers (parateachers) used in teaching cultural minorities in the remote areas.<span style=""> </span>Photos can educate people and deepen their commitment.<br /> I believe that it is not only enough that photographer have knowledge or skill in photography.<span style=""> </span>It is not how you aesthetically take pictures that determine the quality and beauty of picture but on the purpose and intention of taking those pictures.<span style=""> </span>To be an effective agent of change, like Hine and Riis, photographer must know to whom he/she has to serve.<span style=""> </span>And we can only do this by living among the people- the poor peasants and struggling workers.<span style=""> </span>It is only by being with the people that we will be able to know their real condition, their deep longings and aspirations.<span style=""> </span>And by being with them, we cannot only sympathize but empathize with them.<span style=""> </span>The learnings we gather from them will give us another perspective in taking pictures and will deepen our understanding in their struggle.<span style=""> </span>Hence, arm with new perspective, we are not just photographer or onlooker in their situation but active agent of social change.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style=""> </span><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-6056618436994351772008-03-09T22:29:00.001-07:002008-03-09T22:36:41.627-07:00ON EDWARD CURTIS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzXFssHq91PwiD27mq_nPRcrEjtt-Z1dXKSIH8IIUxSlMyzHTijTUhsdPz8_LjK5supPpNOft6bQ3JQ6Vl1KrLslHzXfRzRLipa5FpjSzB85QnMo3mSUVNPUkRE-mtEGtjXYlmGlHjuE/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzXFssHq91PwiD27mq_nPRcrEjtt-Z1dXKSIH8IIUxSlMyzHTijTUhsdPz8_LjK5supPpNOft6bQ3JQ6Vl1KrLslHzXfRzRLipa5FpjSzB85QnMo3mSUVNPUkRE-mtEGtjXYlmGlHjuE/s320/9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175981351421001394" border="0" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">It was the curiosity on everyday lives on why photography was invented but as industrial nation involved themselves in the imperialist adventures around the world, photography emerged as an effective tool to satisfy the thirst of the people in basic information such as physical evidence on the appearance of an individual and the beauty of nature.<br /> Photography also emanates realism to what was the real story that happened far beyond the present. Photography brings the past into the future. The likes of Matthew Brady, Felice Beato, Timothy O’ Sullivan and George Cook and many others who documented the gruesome effects of war used their craft to bring information. Though many purists and critics believed that during those early days photographs may not be used as a real artifacts of the past. They dispute that many of these photographs are fake and was often set-up or posed pictures and for them this kind of setting up and manipulating the subject may provoke argument on the truthfulness and veracity of the events that happened in the past.<br /> This argument may be true. Let us take the case of Edward Curtis who spent his time and money (thanks for J.P Morgan who believed in his talent and financially supported Curtis) documenting everyday chores of the American Indians. Most of Curtis’s photographs of Indians were obviously posed photographs but this is not really the issue here.<span style=""> </span>Those pictures were really set-up or posed pictures because of the fact that it might be during those times taking pictures say an American Indian riding on a speeding horse showing the movement. I don’t think photographers during those years have had the ability in taking photographs of a moving subject. This is because during this epoch of time camera was still not capable of doing it. Inventors were still squeezing their minds to improve the camera.<br /> The year of 1839 towards 1890 was the years were documentary photography started to make its path in the world of photography. This genre of photography come to refer to pictures taken with an intent to inform rather than to express personal feeling as what Frank Hoy defines in his photojournalism book documentary photographers works is straight forward, yet it implies a commentary.<span style=""> </span><br /> Curtis’s pictures are definitely transcended the reality of what was the physical appearance of American Indian during those days. It depicts its natural way of how they leave on those days.<br /> I do believe that most of Curtis’s photos were manipulated by him and this does not mean that those photographs were not originally American Indian tribes. But what moves Curtis to manipulate his pictures was because he wanted to characterize American Indian as part of social composite with marvelous way of life.<br /> The portrait genre of Curtis created a mirror that would suggests how American Indian progress. The photographs described social, ethic, and class affiliation, or may, in some measure, be invoked in contrast in them.<br />Though Curtis used his artistic sensitivity by setting-up and or posing his subject the ethnicity of the subject still remains the intact.<br /> We may also reasoned out why Curtis did such an imposing style of taking those pictures was because during those days there is no rule that he should follows.<br /> And also because of the fact that Curtis was also a photographer who has family that he must be supporting he’s craft was his way for bread and butter.<o:p></o:p><br /> Curtis was also a businessman with little capital to pursue his dream in documenting American Indians. It may also be conclude that Curtis intention was really to sell the pictures. We cannot blamed Curtis for this but rather we must put him to the pathom. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-92137881986507146492008-02-24T01:40:00.000-08:002008-02-25T19:59:34.853-08:00THE MIRACULOUS INVENTION<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSR6h34rZWofp-5lDagQ3mTiPzHF1sW2jbZL2mBfmxR2pQBRZwEG43AkgOPmGJKqNhIPHlZBkQL-wwR4aKhpFDX4xEKmc5Q61Bwxctt3E3O4EU3DjB5lBSGjJRRDsloyHHj8oiWusOMA/s1600-h/DPJ_182_DP_ASSIGNMENT3_RESEARCH+PAPER+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSR6h34rZWofp-5lDagQ3mTiPzHF1sW2jbZL2mBfmxR2pQBRZwEG43AkgOPmGJKqNhIPHlZBkQL-wwR4aKhpFDX4xEKmc5Q61Bwxctt3E3O4EU3DjB5lBSGjJRRDsloyHHj8oiWusOMA/s320/DPJ_182_DP_ASSIGNMENT3_RESEARCH+PAPER+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170480198907459394" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span> In 18<sup><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span></sup> century, a man’s strong desire to recreate an exact image of person or things he value most, or freeze the event he wanted to hold on forever, was believed to be a work of an evil.<span style=""> </span>That is because they believed that it is only God, the Creator who can do this.<span style=""> </span>True enough, many scientists or even some mediocre scientists, possessed by this strong desire, invented and developed a system that will capture the exact image he wanted to preserve. And not only <span style=""> </span>this desire moved these great thinkers but also a need to find ways how to effectively express themselves that they created an art and science of expression through visual image, now known to us, as photography.<span style=""> </span>Photography proved to be an effective vehicle of communication. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><span style=""> </span>Louise Daguerre, the pioneer of modern photography, was at first believed to be “possessed by an evil spirit.” <span style=""> </span>Mrs. Daguerre admitted in 1824 to Jean Dumas, an outstanding chemist of the period, that her husband was “possessed”. She was afraid that Daguerre, the painter and photographer was out of his mind* (Life Library of Photography, page 48, 1977) and needs a spiritual cleansing. But Dumas replied: “but I cannot say it will always remain impossible, not set the man down as mad who seeks to do it.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><span style=""> </span>Daguerre’s desire to capture a man’s soul in a piece of material was a social taboo then and a product of an existing belief that outwitting God is a Satan’s work. <span style=""> </span>If there were people who cursed, raised their eyebrows to his work, many were also enthusiastic and stood by him when he made his public announcement about his new invention – a new photographic process that will copy the exact image. He discovered that a chemical, now known as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sodiumthiosulfate</span> (photographer’s hypo), dissolved light-sensitive silver compounds before they have been transformed into a visible image but not afterward.<span style=""> </span>Thus he could make an exposure and before any other light struck the picture bathe it in hypo to halt the further action by light.</span></p><span style=""> Indeed, Daguerre’s invention represents a major technological triumph in the field of photography called “Daguerreotype” where results of its product produced a sharp image and with a great breadth of shading reproduced. From then on, black and white photography was born full bloom. <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>But though Daguerre’s invention was so tedious and delicate because it used vapor mercury, and critics made negative observation, saying that his process was offensive to the eyes, still, the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">French</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Science accepted it and he was awarded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>And with man’s desire for development, Joseph <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Nicephore</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Niepce</span> began his experiments to advance his business field. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Niepce</span>, a gentleman inventor and lithographer from central <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region> began his experiment by adding asphalt (bitumen of <st1:place st="on">Judea</st1:place>).<span style=""> </span>He dissolved this asphalt in lavender oil, a solvent used in varnishes and then coated with a sheet of pewter with the mixture. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Niepce</span> called his new process heliography.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Another invention was made by a man who belonged to the upper-class family from <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region> who also served a short in term in the Parliament. Talbot’s first experiment was silhouette, produced by placing object on light sensitive paper and exposing them to the sun.<span style=""> </span>He sensitized a fine grade of writing paper by dipping it into a weak mixture of salt and water. This process is called the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">calotype</span>, a process also called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Talbotype</span>, after its inventor William Henry Fox Talbot.<span style=""> </span>This is considered as the first photograph that could be printed from negative, had its own distinctive look:<span style=""> </span>soft, rich warmth deriving partly from the fibers of the paper on which the negative was made.*(<a href="http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/hillandadamson/calo.htm">http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/hillandadamson/calo.htm</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>There were many other scientists and photographers who developed their own process of fixing an image on a sensitive paper but only the three mentioned above were known and accepted scholarly. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>And even if daguerreotype and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">calotype</span> still exists nowadays or any other complicated process of sticking and fixing the image on a sensitive paper, which is tedious and laborious, I think, I will still thread and take this road less traveled.<span style=""> </span>I also have this strong desire of imprinting and capturing moments that I want to hold permanently and be shown to my siblings and to others and give them the glimpse of time I have passed by. <span style=""> </span>Actually, I started taking pictures of events with social importance using only <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">instamatic</span> camera (SLR).<span style=""> </span>Like any other pioneers of photography, processing of photograph needs passion and a thorough practice.<span style=""> </span>Daguerre, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Niepce</span> and Talbot’s inventions underwent trials and social challenges. <span style=""> </span>And just like them, I am also willing to take all the social bouts, come what may, just to get a chance of learning the old and tedious way of processing photographs and help develop and advance it. I think I will use Talbot’s <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">calotype</span> process.<span style=""> </span>Though it looks a bit clumsy but the effect is soft and beautiful.<span style=""> </span>The style of Talbot is more of the same as to how I learned the process of developing and printing a black and white pictures.<span style=""> </span>Besides, it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">doesn</span>’t use mercury vapor which is hazardous.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-67814270678939463212008-02-18T04:26:00.001-08:002008-02-18T04:30:21.046-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegmlEKg-pG0si8tD1qq-zbOhZjL1IbYGhtLtO_MpnqD6vRSzmF4ngzLLQEb9tvpwMuBQMWBYT1QD6ZachaXNlKSFt8S3kAANp8opu0qPsyMFppPsOwdTaXte3B6RHPwvPPaPHzIPQGTw/s1600-h/obscura+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegmlEKg-pG0si8tD1qq-zbOhZjL1IbYGhtLtO_MpnqD6vRSzmF4ngzLLQEb9tvpwMuBQMWBYT1QD6ZachaXNlKSFt8S3kAANp8opu0qPsyMFppPsOwdTaXte3B6RHPwvPPaPHzIPQGTw/s320/obscura+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168295739886008114" border="0" /></a><b style=""><span style="">TUNNEL OF DIMENSIONS.</span></b><span style=""> The first peep trial in my camera obscura is a bit fussy and yet interesting to see an image- an image that resembles a time machine and brings you to another epoch. <span style="font-weight: bold;">PHOTO BY DANNY PATA</span></span>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-35268362493989434182008-02-18T04:22:00.000-08:002008-02-18T04:24:14.425-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Nd2XTiggPMALzQyX3Rwlfo7CvFJZxsBy-EHyNVhkXh0n5WPX2JhyphenhyphenxJAk7qBuKXlURYe6tv8roHnd9YoxDJVeLK7iBGqM0_rdiDFifkEvu74hs7UpOWK3IBkuUplhgFrBvVibHyAQKoA/s1600-h/obscura+021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Nd2XTiggPMALzQyX3Rwlfo7CvFJZxsBy-EHyNVhkXh0n5WPX2JhyphenhyphenxJAk7qBuKXlURYe6tv8roHnd9YoxDJVeLK7iBGqM0_rdiDFifkEvu74hs7UpOWK3IBkuUplhgFrBvVibHyAQKoA/s320/obscura+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168294880892548898" border="0" /></a><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >INVERTED WORLD. <span style=""> </span></span></b><span style=";font-family:";" >The PUP building, car and trees are invertedly reflected through the hole. Though there’s a lot of shadow in the image, red, green and blue colors are vividly clear. <span style="font-weight: bold;">PHOTO BY DANNY PATA</span><o:p></o:p></span>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-4742414622475957222008-02-18T03:54:00.000-08:002008-02-24T01:52:26.367-08:00THE WORLD IN OBSCURE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsk4iG2cfAzcNQRX82ww6ViMSS9LpCyBcDeZGrR34COXai2sTtj0vSZmex45jMxPircrblh51eO2Ikpz1OCpZbZf7_ig6E-LHHbHU2Lw8H1UmITZHbsmLZkeuwhK2T_3JqMJWmoIQJTg/s1600-h/obscura+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsk4iG2cfAzcNQRX82ww6ViMSS9LpCyBcDeZGrR34COXai2sTtj0vSZmex45jMxPircrblh51eO2Ikpz1OCpZbZf7_ig6E-LHHbHU2Lw8H1UmITZHbsmLZkeuwhK2T_3JqMJWmoIQJTg/s320/obscura+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168288365427160818" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: center;"><b style=""><span style="">THE WORLD IN OBSCURE</span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> BY DANNY PATA</span><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" align="center"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Honestly, I felt a little bit anxious reading the camera obscura and find it quite difficult at first to imagine how am I going to create an object or image out of an old tin can. But keeping in mind that all I need is a combination of motivation and creativity, the thing that seems to be quite hard at first is now an exciting experience to look forward to. Actually, it is not impossible to see reverse images thru a pinhole as proven by the guiding principle of all the cameras we are holding right now.</span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Maximizing the rich resources of research materials and the advance technology around, I searched “explorieum.educ.com” and other sites in the web such as “itc.smm.org/makeit/node/34”“highlightskids.com” to help me turn the impossible to possible.<o:p></o:p> and the </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>After carefully reading and analyzing all the information available, I followed strictly the instruction or guidelines given in making the project and after 30 minutes or more, I created my “(PATA) camera obscura.” It was really fun and exciting!<span style=""> </span>Using this pinned can, it seems, I’m reliving the wonderment and awe of those people who invented, developed and advanced the technology we called camera today.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>I really was ecstatic and amazed seeing images of the objects when I peeped through the hole following again the instruction given. <span style=""> </span>Initially, some of the images in the pinhole were blurred or a little bit cloudy. It seems, I am seeing the world in another dimension of time. It reminds me of a soap opera in television during the 70’s.<span style=""> </span>To be quite precise, it’s a journey in time.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>As I moved the “PATA camera obscura” in different positions, turning it upward, downward and sideward, I noticed that a clear image of the object was formed. A strong image with a strong color also appeared.<span style=""> </span>It was really amazing how this low-tech gadget can capture images and reflection that represent the existing reality.<span style=""> </span>Crude in its form but it has the ability to stop the time and freeze the moment to capture the exact images or event that is unfolding that very moment.<span style=""> </span>I really believe that this same fascination of capturing the fleeting moment motivated our masters in photography and enable it to reach the advancement <span style=""> </span>that <span style=""> </span>we are enjoying right now.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>To prove this fact, I started shooting different subjects such as flowers and grasses, students and building with my new “PATA Camera obscura. And shooting with this Pringles camera is like using a wide angle lens or a fish eye range lens.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>I liked the product of my camera obscura.<span style=""> </span>And to have the feeling of satisfaction, I gathered my colleagues and co-workers and solicited their observations in my photos taken by a low-gadget camera.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Modesty aside, they also felt the wonderment of this old gadget.<span style=""> </span>They loved the pictures too. <span style=""> </span>However, at first, they had a hard time figuring out correctly what are the images captured.<span style=""> </span>They thought it was another product of my artistic photography endeavor. One of my friends thought that the pictures taken were different shots of a full moon and night sky.<span style=""> </span>Other said that photos were close-up shot of an eye. After letting them scrutinized the images, I then presented to them the details in each picture and they were also amazed by this old gadget.</span></p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> The camera obscura is a simple gadget that explains how a simple camera works. It explains how light compresses at the center of the tiny hole which in principle called the center of confusion then every image will be reflected in every mirror.</span><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-68577626178561303842008-01-25T02:45:00.000-08:002008-01-25T02:48:22.676-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIHEicz2VNLWbavLq2P2vvaUUVB7usd5z-LV67FLusitKy91nguqY60DYqBRG732wzG9xa_L0jNptWurqQzyEXBVOSrkHswkvrsqurHQxfW1xs_ryuhtMSeVffFVSwxSXQOhx8MlEcFA/s1600-h/GSIS+062ed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIHEicz2VNLWbavLq2P2vvaUUVB7usd5z-LV67FLusitKy91nguqY60DYqBRG732wzG9xa_L0jNptWurqQzyEXBVOSrkHswkvrsqurHQxfW1xs_ryuhtMSeVffFVSwxSXQOhx8MlEcFA/s320/GSIS+062ed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159363898246321762" border="0" /></a><br />Students from different state universities in metro manila performs during the 2oth State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association meet held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. PHOTO BY DANNY PATAdannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-90047409119929394662008-01-25T02:27:00.001-08:002008-02-04T21:55:15.950-08:00KARATE STYLE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXy6eKk_wSwJYgEbyLeaWFs-s5jf0eFFogdpiT-pvkS9VRk-ellETPw-h68MhsXcLm8OVKCdvykI7Ux6zw8DQyajHBHhtq96nLfk-vydX3S75XtmpdyNLQMqxlR3PMKS2fh81fenes0Y/s1600-h/FOOTSAL+035edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXy6eKk_wSwJYgEbyLeaWFs-s5jf0eFFogdpiT-pvkS9VRk-ellETPw-h68MhsXcLm8OVKCdvykI7Ux6zw8DQyajHBHhtq96nLfk-vydX3S75XtmpdyNLQMqxlR3PMKS2fh81fenes0Y/s320/FOOTSAL+035edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159359152307459650" border="0" /></a><br />Blue Thunder player seems to make a kicking style as he tries to steps a run against PUP Maroon during their rubber match softball game in the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association meet (SCUAA) held at PUP Oval.PHOTO BY DANNY PATAdannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-59812869399779509492008-01-25T02:12:00.001-08:002008-01-25T02:25:16.898-08:00SLIDING THUNDER<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jRcQOM-8Ty_0mhGevuAd1Ses1vYIIbL6iy1oqi_9-QRfX9uF65bUSgZfcNMz9u5DyOc8iWHLOtnmGiSCFH9tCAR4cT5GouixcitrAea8jtn6jr9CsHw3V3E16iVQbbmO36XxI_L1SFk/s1600-h/FOOTSAL+037edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jRcQOM-8Ty_0mhGevuAd1Ses1vYIIbL6iy1oqi_9-QRfX9uF65bUSgZfcNMz9u5DyOc8iWHLOtnmGiSCFH9tCAR4cT5GouixcitrAea8jtn6jr9CsHw3V3E16iVQbbmO36XxI_L1SFk/s320/FOOTSAL+037edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159355901017216562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Player from the Rizal Technological University slips as he tries to make a homerun against PUP Maroon during the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association meet at PUP Ov</span>al. PHOTO BY DANNY PATAdannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-35958190188679154712008-01-25T02:03:00.001-08:002008-02-10T21:19:02.630-08:00OUTCH!<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;" href="http://dpata.blogspot.com/2008/01/outch.html">OUTCH! </a></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >PUP's Kim Olais dives to the base as Michelle Montenegro of Rizal Technological University (RTU) touches her out</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >during their game at PUP Oval in Sta. Mesa. RTU won</span>. </span><span style="font-size:78%;">pat2/news/012308/012208/scuaasoftballgame/dannypata.jpg</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOzkoAQmYGhEKV0F9msDsihSrxY2ODOqujhlrpga737BDb5_p3AYLJomQI8Q-Pk4zyeREdN6EazJmYkXy3EjfSKDw7exR-unXwk1rhd9KxnCTm5t1VU8TDsVACj1Mr9t75KmOCZtl3MA/s1600-h/edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOzkoAQmYGhEKV0F9msDsihSrxY2ODOqujhlrpga737BDb5_p3AYLJomQI8Q-Pk4zyeREdN6EazJmYkXy3EjfSKDw7exR-unXwk1rhd9KxnCTm5t1VU8TDsVACj1Mr9t75KmOCZtl3MA/s320/edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159353014799193618" border="0" /></a></h3>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-54833056607503769942008-01-08T03:44:00.001-08:002008-02-06T20:23:00.093-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcgYpiEj2fu9yZDHJekA2TCziFtJeODLQATlb-h09kADkmsKlBboHkM9F6VDXhqXnLqblcz-DsUxhs1um2FOjaVxnk0VBR2k-ZCuElIHxUaXJCZhUTWitbQzJX_gvu_pmjIfKmeFZTLY/s1600-h/lechon+053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcgYpiEj2fu9yZDHJekA2TCziFtJeODLQATlb-h09kADkmsKlBboHkM9F6VDXhqXnLqblcz-DsUxhs1um2FOjaVxnk0VBR2k-ZCuElIHxUaXJCZhUTWitbQzJX_gvu_pmjIfKmeFZTLY/s320/lechon+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153070586938155074" border="0" /></a><br />PRAYER ENDS. An old "mandarasal" (someone who gets paid to pray for someone's personal intention) in front of Quiapo church looks burdened as she finished her customers' prayers. PHOTO BY DANNY PATAdannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-90616355359235327762008-01-08T03:01:00.001-08:002008-02-08T20:05:33.461-08:00LOWER DOWN THE PRICE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw8pknJZ95DZmMpoEArhWV0wZgOLaFV-foqCTMsDh1TYAeR8enOMa54oz6b6g5i-xJKsaGobzSvoPu9t0iKJnXdRAB72vzJ6r3CEHbJbWqLBQZFp3z8kzczF9EXla7vbJ75NSehukttI/s1600-h/lechon+031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw8pknJZ95DZmMpoEArhWV0wZgOLaFV-foqCTMsDh1TYAeR8enOMa54oz6b6g5i-xJKsaGobzSvoPu9t0iKJnXdRAB72vzJ6r3CEHbJbWqLBQZFp3z8kzczF9EXla7vbJ75NSehukttI/s320/lechon+031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154142297242624082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D0w5MesbjMo/R4NYj4z2YCI/AAAAAAAAACU/bdLdA-iujRc/s1600-h/lechon+031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D0w5MesbjMo/R4NYj4z2YCI/AAAAAAAAACU/bdLdA-iujRc/s320/lechon+031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153059772210503714" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">DEAL OR NO DEAL!<br />A customer tries to convince a sales person to lower down the price of a roasted pig in busy street of Metro Manila, Philippines. PHOTO BY DANNY PATA</p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-84056121348423288772008-01-08T02:18:00.000-08:002008-01-08T02:34:07.713-08:00LECHON DE LECHE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9v42-h-y644Rhs1sWrZ6i-7IkpVKVzFgIC-G3FlaPkS2A2hO8XTa8UOg0s3yFoovGowgscNwySP5ZrdmSsIp4oL5vakQC97Ofj0swhWG36BnhdCxqg9RG6WgOP3eDLUx4sx0qJtZqmA/s1600-h/lechon+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9v42-h-y644Rhs1sWrZ6i-7IkpVKVzFgIC-G3FlaPkS2A2hO8XTa8UOg0s3yFoovGowgscNwySP5ZrdmSsIp4oL5vakQC97Ofj0swhWG36BnhdCxqg9RG6WgOP3eDLUx4sx0qJtZqmA/s320/lechon+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153049782116573186" border="0" /></a>December 24,2007, Manila Philippines. Filipinos<br />hired by different restaurants in the capital city prepares lechon, a roasted pig is the primary choice of every filipino during holidays especially christmas season.PHOTO BY DANNY PATA<span style="font-family: arial;"></span>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-16242280898979911862007-12-22T01:00:00.001-08:002007-12-22T01:07:47.450-08:00Animal Welfare Act<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsEVJiAzqoq4d4YRE-19n-J5iCDBwkMK6L7cvNasPnQehJoA4172FDA3EyN4qbfbFahVYA7pWZBLITOGRWfasC_nu9QWs5UJwQYrGeyQwf7stkl5o0VSGIzvWrPElTu9MgGhjQtgrEV0/s1600-h/IMG_0109.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsEVJiAzqoq4d4YRE-19n-J5iCDBwkMK6L7cvNasPnQehJoA4172FDA3EyN4qbfbFahVYA7pWZBLITOGRWfasC_nu9QWs5UJwQYrGeyQwf7stkl5o0VSGIzvWrPElTu9MgGhjQtgrEV0/s320/IMG_0109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146719897970434034" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"><span style="">REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8485: AN ACT TO PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT OF 1998”<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Philippines in Congress Assembled: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 1: </span></b><span style="">It is the purpose of this Act to protect and promote the welfare of all animals in the Philippines by supervising and regulating the establishment and operation of all facilities utilized for breeding, maintaining, keeping, treating, or training of all animals either as objects of trade or as household pets. For purpose of this Act, pet animals shall include birds. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 2: </span></b><span style="">No person, association, partnership, corporation, cooperative, or any government agency or instrumentality including slaughterhouses shall establish, maintain and operate any pet shop, kennel, veterinary clinic, veterinary hospital, stockyard, corral, stud farm or stock farm or zoo for the breeding, treatment, sale or trading, or training of animals without first securing from the Bureau of Animal Industry a certificate of registration thereof. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">The certificate shall be issued upon proof that the facilities of such establishment for animals are adequate, clean and sanitary and will not be used for, nor cause pain and/or suffering to the animals. The certificate shall be valid for a period of (1) year unless earlier cancelled for just cause before the expiration of its item by the Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry and may be renewed from year to year upon compliance with the conditions imposed hereunder. The Bureau shall charge reasonable fees for the issuance or reward of such certificate. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">The condition that such facilities be adequate, clean and sanitary and that they will not be used for, nor cause pain and/or suffering to the animals is a continuing requirement for the operation of these establishments. The Bureau may revoke or cancel such certificate or registration for failure to observe these conditions and other just causes. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 3 </span></b><span style="">: The Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry shall supervise and regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of pet shops, kennels, veterinary clinics, veterinary hospitals, stockyards, corrals, stud farms and zoos, and any other form of structure for the confinement of animals where they are bred, treated, maintained, or kept either for sale or trade or for training purposes as well as the transport of such animals in any form of public or private transportation facility in order to provide maximum comfort while in transit and minimize, if not totally eradicate, incidence of sickness and death and prevent any cruelty from being inflicted upon the animals. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">The Director may call upon any government agency for assistance consistent with its powers, duties, and responsibilities for the purpose of ensuring the effective and efficient implementation of this Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">It shall be the duty of the government agency to assist said Director when called upon for assistance using any available fund in its budget for the purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTON 4: </span></b><span style="">It shall be the duty of any owner or operator of any land, air or water public utility transporting pets, wildlife, and all other animals to provide in all cases adequate, clean and sanitary facilities for the safe conveyance and delivery thereof to their consignee at the place of consignment. They shall provide sufficient food and water for such animals while in transit for more than twelve (12) hours or whenever necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">No public utility shall transport any such animal without a written permit from the Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Cruelty in transporting includes overcrowding, placing of animals in the trunks or under the hood trunks of the vehicles. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 5: </span></b><span style="">There is hereby created a Committee on Animal Welfare attached to the Department of Agriculture which shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, issue the necessary rules and regulations for the strict implementation of the provisions of this Act, including the setting of safety and sanitary standards within thirty (30) calendar days following its approval. Such guidelines shall be reviewed by the Committee every three (3) years from its implementation or whenever necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">The Committee shall be composed of the official representatives of the following: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ol start="1" type="1"><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) of the Department of Agriculture (DA); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC) of the DA; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) of the DA; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Philippine Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Veterinary Practitioners Association of the Philippines (VPAP); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Philippine Animal Hospital Association (PAHA); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Philippine Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Philippine Society of Swine Practitioners (PSSP); <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Philippine College of Canine Practitioners (PCCP); and <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Philippine Society of Animal Science (PSAS) <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">The Committee shall be chaired by a representative coming from the private sector and shall have two (2) vice-chairpersons composed of the representative of the BAI and another from the private sector. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">The Committee shall meet quarterly or as often as the need arises. The Committee members shall not receive any compensation but may receive reasonable honoria from time to time. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 6: </span></b><span style="">It shall be unlawful for any person to torture any animal, or to neglect to provide adequate care, sustenance or shelter, or maltreat any animal or to subject any dog or horse to dogfights or horsefights, kill or cause or produce to be tortured or deprived of adequate care sustenance or shelter, or maltreat or use the same in research or experiments not expressly authorized by the Committee on Animal Welfare. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a name="grounds"></a><span style="">The killing of any animal other than cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits, carabaos, horses, deer and crocodiles is likewise hereby declared unlawful except in the following instances: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">When it is done as part of the religious rituals of an established religion or sect or a ritual by tribal or ethnic custom of indigenous cultural communities. However, leaders shall keep records in cooperation with the Committee on Animal Welfare; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">When the pet animal is afflicted with an incurable communicable disease/s determined and certified by a duly licensed veterinarian; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">When the killing is deemed necessary to put an end to the misery suffered by the animal as determined and certified by a duly licensed veterinarian; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">When it is done to prevent an imminent danger to the life or limb of a human being; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">When done for the purpose of animal population control; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">When the animal is killed after it has been used in authorized research or experiments; and <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Any other ground analogous to the foregoing as determined and certified by a licensed veterinarian.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">In all the above mentioned cases, including those of cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits, carabaos, horses, deer and crocodiles, the killing of the animals shall be done through humane procedure at all times. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">For this purpose, humane procedures shall mean the use of the most scientific methods available as may be determined and approved by the committee. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="">Only those procedures approved by the Committee shall be used in the killing of animals. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 7: </span></b><span style="">It shall be the duty of every person to protect the natural habitat of the wildlife. The destruction of said habitat shall be considered as a form of cruelty to animals and its preservation is a way of protecting the animals. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 8: </span></b><span style="">Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction by final judgement, be punished by imprisonment of not less than six (6) months nor more than (2) years or a fine of not less than One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) or both at the discretion of the Court. If the violation is committed by a juridical person, the officer responsible thereof shall serve the imprisonment when imposed. If the violation is committed by an alien, he o she shall be immediately deported after the service of sentence without any further proceedings. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 9: </span></b><span style="">All laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are prelude or modified accordingly. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="">SECTION 10: </span></b><span style="">This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-6896504589223219092007-12-03T06:36:00.001-08:002007-12-03T06:41:08.795-08:00LIITLE ANGEL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrmZVK_kAqqAltWZyGWazM9Vybbso_OmA3cquiiojFyh8Go6os-w3pppMT7YD6JxNyQWs5pSoQ6QeWd2Z3ec25XwiGTHekgMy0xzP8SyVZwpepbuqV9IxBms7C9XQt2008Gfm5gv5kSM/s1600-r/IMG_0908.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVUV4vjULO5CAxXo-I26CJ_M-idVXz-UeO0brPahQHC_C9cy0GqhD6RZ0VF_vr6G7mnryQzsRNwTCMVvXvyy_73mYIWwzifkDruxLKW3LsrBLZpzm1egGPgdga8mKk5_A1XIDFJ84PHY/s320/IMG_0908.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139755729108348514" border="0" /></a><br />A little girl looks wondering why these Muslim women bows their heads infront of her during the celebration of Eidl Fitr, a celebration ending a month-long fasting for all Mulsim in the world.dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-68188066549345022142007-12-03T06:32:00.001-08:002008-02-10T21:35:37.800-08:00GOOD TO BE A GOOD BOY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvraNt8Pf2j67F1s7e2j9B3hs9gjOVMjVcg8gnH-_5BjuZK-zHMWOpeO20AQdtYqVk4MVNufGbY68EYJ4GhZztMRSTaYtLxvKIh1PKF64zdVguBSO2dces2cdNiutCoI5GBC1D3sovRx0/s1600-r/IMG_0957.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteI5En1CF8DiEQYBFC9Qw9tbUjQ8ZJrX5rifvDE_RvoRKXA1Z_T5xFvO_ppf-tutnA3arr_lBxzBFJTrFWf25I0z3p2LY83dRaKki9DColOVAqIvPNJn2uE3DHxQh4gAkDtBR_vm0QTA/s320/IMG_0957.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139754741265870418" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A boy tries to calm himself as he attends an early prayer at the mosque in Quiapo in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Manila</st1:place></st1:City>.PHOTO BY DANNY PATA<br /></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-9025120645425218402007-12-03T06:27:00.001-08:002008-02-10T21:21:05.838-08:00I DONT CARE!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshWt9y3sdIMqxB9PD8vcNAEE7GizeLxhRFoxe44zOwHr791KzTswIJvDYXY_DU_SpY2qYqD6Awd2Q1APFrXPWGLgW2tZEuZ6nMG1MP-sHbesCVerJe19P4cHrgFtpAWuxM7KHGZWOq6I/s1600-r/IMG_0964.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbdHqHabiI1eR-Z7DH6P7e2y5_QJEP5CSPE0T0meotWno8V8hm19izyJRl1o_01-GyjIPiugUgPihrW7sZLBz0XTYLi_SsEfs4JNJxslrfgHB59QtehfEJvGRhJVmFWopFfkhnXjDno8/s320/IMG_0964.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139753534380060226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A boy walks casually among the Moros doing Salat ritual in their early prayer to end a month-long fasting for Muslims.PHOTO BY DANNY PATA</span>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-26807972677074481282007-12-03T06:22:00.001-08:002008-02-10T21:13:55.432-08:00TIME FOR AN EARLY MEAL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbL1SeinlzWZfQW43vuAi534s0rm9T8Erj7WhdjdHphZtAuRmLuPB1lNavBIfotxIE6H49gZqORLs44B9EHDNib0XZf79VkvYYmpd-amGyu1qRqXNwAuxV7seTt9nXNSO5WIx7wp7Z7s/s1600-r/IMG_1080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivv0M2ktANrR3lZeWCu9SmX6bAPJY8tV6wjGt9Xze4fn_Gt_r1gN4K_n1jqS1vaA5kMJdSl7njcxoZfVSF8qThWVZGEpfTcKh6DWR2mx8_4HqzfV-xf6Ed8uArqGCH4JlwsWzsSsQA-5s/s320/IMG_1080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139752190055296562" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">BREAK THE FAST<br />Three Muslim women excitedly check on some viands in a restaurant as they ready themselves to end their month-long fasting.<span style="font-size:85%;">PHOTO BY DANNY PATA<br /></span></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-74364969353891334702007-12-03T06:18:00.001-08:002008-02-10T21:23:26.286-08:00SHHH!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZ0g8yZVSK6dVQ5KA-8yTrlSEgKI2mY2_MxLcK2VX9V8WzJXo88BabGZKR-mxlkZsDrgLnF9SKRxvdgQxgRw0PraL3ER46cwRDEGremmtouhlVOZR78OdTg-fW6bsJznjhjsb5zQYBRw/s1600-r/IMG_0941.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBChSg1Hzl15zPPzRWcNEQoxST9KBo8Vk8EMpMd2d77-Lb6CfxrIlBLvwLTFp5Yp7oOKY0X6rzapeeReQBfXEp6UArLHDx8wTX0c48dXTS_Rw_xFQXX6Vck4A4IEmJoFINMaovalRf3g/s320/IMG_0941.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139751107723537954" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">A girl tries to comfort her little sister on the prayer mat as her whole family members perform the Morning Prayer during the Eidil Fitr in a mosque in Quiapo, Manila.PHOTO BY DANNY PATA<br /></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-1689630334283017102007-12-03T06:04:00.001-08:002008-02-10T21:38:01.274-08:00LYING BABY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4ELbbzmTup8YLvnAcZp1kjhM8XO8XRxIz6jl1R9SwKnOy8NEekgnKeS5bdGvZu3Ol9jY4dTJxxKMmCSirLKQ0pIbZXNRGq-e_pXVAinV1JE1xJs7Q1zpMLYxIJ3JsLWt4QoM9ckFIPs/s1600-r/IMG_0898.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VXx5dX0Gvm5jOjlEDqfim1o6B5JfpCbKJiGeF2HHKxKE840Be5rdfjY98MX_mKO1_mBGB42aji8Kj2_15QW_W74xhyphenhyphenMmP5INIgwL8tbKkfkG77xcLaZcwaPo-l9E93wuoS1-K7yR5Po/s320/IMG_0898.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139747422641597954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal">A baby Moro resembles a Christian’s angel as her parents prepare for a Morning Prayer.<span style=""> </span>Muslims pray at the break of the dawn to end their one-month fasting and celebrate Eidil Fitir afterwards by giving alms to the poor and needy Muslims.PHOTO BY DANNY PATA<br /></p>dannyboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759843807478655043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135509764733610947.post-7170625868911731672007-12-03T05:57:00.001-08:002008-02-10T21:26:21.068-08:00YOUNG ANGELS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIje6F2O6TyB2cMn5OlH-1fhL9s8-VvqkqX28UL5j56O8gDIotorvoX_T4DbzQOXorGcZgA4FIP8F2Ht0kmrNMv2fHnOHCBQKziW_aUAPNQHW7x2hAuyKFMR-XHPB7px4l28gbnBYBB2A/s1600-r/IMG_0827.JPG"> </a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="post-labels"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://dpata.blogspot.com/search/label/Two%20young%20muslim%20kids%20looks%20at%20the%20camera%20as%20they%20prepare%20for%20an%20early%20morning%20salat%20or%20a%20morning%20prayer%20for%20islams">Two young Moro kids look at the camera as they prepare for an early Morning Salat or a morning prayer for Islams</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.PHOTO BY DANNY PATA</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIje6F2O6TyB2cMn5OlH-1fhL9s8-VvqkqX28UL5j56O8gDIotorvoX_T4DbzQOXorGcZgA4FIP8F2Ht0kmrNMv2fHnOHCBQKziW_aUAPNQHW7x2hAuyKFMR-XHPB7px4l28gbnBYBB2A/s1600-r/IMG_0827.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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