PhotoWorldAsia 2012 will be held January 26-31 at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati for the photography trade show, and at the Asian Institute of Management Convention Center (ACCM) for the educational series. Venue for the photo exhibits will be the EDSA Hall of Glorietta 1, while the hands-on photo shoot with PWAsia 2012 guests will be at Fernbrook in Portofino South, Daang Reyna, Las Piñas, Metro Manila on January 31. There will also be a Banaue Photo Safari on Feb 1-3 in Ifugao Province. Chairman for PhotoWorld Asia 2012 is multi-awarded travel photographer George Cabig.
Cabig announces that convention speakers in the annual event will include four world class foreign photographers: American commercial photographer Jack Reznicki, German sports and nature photographer Peter Frank, US professional photographer Doran Wilson and top American digital guru Don Emmerich. Other convention speakers are noted Filipino photographers who have distinguished themselves in their work: The brothers Manny and Boboy Librodo, Daks Bangawan, Luis Liwanag, Lester Ledesma and Eric Cabales.
PhotoWorld Asia 2012 Major Activities and Venues:
1) Trade Show on January 26-31 at the Glorietta Activity Center
2) Photography Convention January 26-30 at the AIM Conference Center in Makati
3) Hands-on Photo Shoot with Guest Speakers on January 31 at Fernbrook, Portofino South, Daang Reyna, Las Piñas, Metro Manila.
4) Banaue Photo Safari Feb 1-3 in Ifugao Province.
Filipino Guest Speakers at PhotoWorld Asia 2012:
MANNY LIBRODO
Manny Librodo (http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo) was named by Scott Kelby as one of “best five photographer you might not have heard of.” Many all over the world have of course heard of Manny Librodo, as he hopped all over the planet to bring his distinctive photography workshops to various nations. A visionary and poet of light, colors and patterns, Manny believes a lyrical picture sings a song that speaks straight into the hearts. His photo of a Burmese boy graced the cover of UNICEF’s wall calendar 2009. He is a three-time Grand Prize winner of betterphoto.com and Digital Camera Magazine’s (UK) Photographer of the Year. Manny is a highly sought-after speaker who had conducted sold out workshops in US, Canada, Australia, Holland, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
BOBOY LIBRODO
Jose ‘Boboy’ Librodo (http://www.pbase.com/josel) is a music teacher who happens to like visual arts. For 20 years, he has been teaching vocal music, painting and drawing at Ruamrudee International School in Thailand.
“My first camera ever was a Minolta Maxxum,” said Boboy. “It was a gift from my brother-in-law. When I started taking pictures seriously I had a Nikon F80. Then when I joined the Bangkok Photographic Society and compared my photos to the other members I suffered the denial stage. Their photos are better because they have better equipment, or so I thought! Then I bought Nikon F5, 24-80 and 80-200 lenses and started shooting slides!”
Boboy has since taken his photography to the level of art, being a painter himself. His photographs, posted on PBase and Digital Image Cafe, have earned praises from people all over the world. Like his brother Manny, Boboy is a master in digital post processing and that is what the Librodo Brothers will share during PhotoWorld Asia 2012.
DAKS BANGAWAN
Clemente Dakila Bunuan-Bangawan, (http://www.facebook.com/dakila.bangawan) “Daks” to his friends, is an emerging young talent from Diffun, Quirino Province. After finishing high school in 2003, he took up Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, where photography is part of the curriculum. Armed with a film camera, Daks took to photography like a duck taking to water and fancied landscape and street photography then. He pursued photography and honed his art in photographic works.
Daks started to be known when he broke into the Facebook scene with eye-catching photographs. Impressed by his works, people began asking him to accept photo assignments – an event here, a wedding there, pre-nuptial pictorials – and thus began the professional career of Daks Bangawan.
He now runs DAKS PHOTOGRAPHY based in his hometown of Diffun, Quirino Province, specializing in wedding photography and pre-nuptial pictorials. And he still amazes people every time he posts a photograph on Facebook.
LUIS LIWANAG
Luis Liwanag (http://pitikbulagdokyu.blogspot.com/) an accomplished photographer and videographer steeped in photojournalism. He has had a string of one-man photo exhibits to his name and has had numerous assignments with Philippine and international news organizations, having been a photographer, stringer and journalist to various publications and agencies such as The Manila Times, Asiaweek, Agence France Presse, Getty Images, World Picture News Agency, China’s Xinhua News Agency and many others.
He has contributed photographs to countless books starting in 1986 with Bayan Ko, a book of photographs by world renowned photographers published by Project 28 Days, to A Nation in Revolt, published by Asiapix and Anvil Publishing in 2001.
Having finally earned his Diploma in Photojournalism in 2009 from the Conrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University, Luis now also lectures on Advanced News Photography at the Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo.
Recently, he was Director of Photography for the full-length film “Cuchera” for CineMalaya 2011 and GMANEWS TV, Front Row Documentary series. He also did Cinematographer duties for ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) “Truths” Documentary series.
LESTER LEDESMA
Travel photojournalist and photo-editor Lester V. Ledesma (http://www.skylightimages.info/) has written and photographed Asia for over 15 years, his work appearing in countless international books and magazines. A native of the Philippines, he shoots the region with the familiarity of home, and connects with his subjects on a deeply personal level.
Singapore based Ledesma is the 2002 ASEANTA Awardee for Excellence in Travel Photography, the 2005 ATTA Silver Medalist for Travel Photography, and the 2006 PATA Gold Awardee for Travel Photography. His work has been showcased in prestigious international photography expos such Chobi Mela Festival of Light in Bangladesh, Photoworld International in Manila, and the Singapore International Photography Festival.
Lester is currently Photo Editor of Smile, the inflight magazine of Cebu Pacific, by way of his affiliation with Singapore-based Ink Publishing which has been appointed by Cebu Pacific to publish Smile.
His lecture will be on Travel Reportage and will discuss the following:
- Going beyond mere photographs and creating travel stories with your imagery.
- Using ideas and impressions of a place to create a storyboard for an engaging travel photo-essay.
- Insider tips on understanding the editorial market for travel photography, from the photo-editor’s perspective.
- How to get your images noticed.
ERIC CABALES
Eric Estampador Cabales (http://viajerro.500px.com/) is an award-winning fashion designer, painter and art photographer from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. He did the artistic body painting motifs for the Indang, Cavite photo shoot during the last PhotoWorld Asia 2011, wildly acclaimed by foreign and Filipino guests as one of the event’s best photo shoots ever.
He took up Fine Arts, major in Advertising, at La Consolacion College in Bacolod City and thereafter worked as fashion designer and creative director, initially with well known couturiers, then finally on his own. He now runs his own VIAJERRO fashion designs outfit based in San Carlos City.
From 2001 to the present, Eric is the Proponent, Concept & Costume Designer, and Creative Director of the NUI Body Painting competitions, a project he undertakes in collaboration with the local government of San Carlos City.
His stunning photos of body painting models are on display on his website, VIAJERRO, a testament to his artistry in photography. Presently, he is part of the founding group of photographers who organized a club known as MTYCUP (pronounced as “empty cup”) in San Carlos City.
His achievements include being a finalist in the MEGA Magazine Young Designers Competition (1997), endorser for the 20 Most Promising Personalities of the Philippines for Levi’s Strauss Ad Campaign, “No Two Jeans Are Alike,” finalist in the SHELL National Student’s Art Competition, (1994), and Distinctive Awardee, San Carlos City Charter Day Celebration in 2005.
REGISTRATION FORM
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Venue: AIM Convention Center, Trassiera cor. Benavidez Sts., Makati
Dates: January 26-30, 2012
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