Valerio Polici Ergo Sum [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT “My reality is bigger than your dreams are” (Porer 031 crew. Milan 2011) Probably everything starts from the need of escaping for a while from boredom, pain, personal limitation. I’ve known for the first time the writer’s world around my twelve year …
Inmates of Palo Provincial Jail watches a variety show as their pastime and means of entertainment. The facility was heavily damaged due to Typhoon Yolanda’s strong winds resulting to a jailbreak last year. Photo for @burndiary by @vjvillafranca
A reminder of a dark day and a lesson for generations that climate change is real. Over 2000 crosses are pitched in a cemetery in Barangay Basper in Leyte for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Photo for @burndiary by @vjvillafranca #reminder #climatejustice #contrast
The mother of Guillermo Jacobe stares at his cadaver in small mausoleum in the town of Basey, Samar. His sister, Remedios, dreamt that he was asking to be exhumed out of his grave a few months after he passed away due to an intestinal complication in 1981. As his parents opened the grave, they discovered …
A sculpture honoring the victims of Typhoon Yolanda sits atop a mass grave in a roundabout at the border of Palo and Tanauan in Leyte. Photo for @burndiary by @vjvillafranca #silhouette #kids #dusk #cross #roundabout
Breakfast with Miju Lim produced this spontaneous “art object” . This is how she peeled her tangerine. Eastern art is Eastern art. Gotta love it. Miju is my fixer/translator now on Jeju Island, S Korea where I have a one month commission through Magnum and the Arts Council of Jeju to produce a b&w book …
Marco Casino Staff Riding [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Katlehong is one of the largest townships in South Africa and has played a key role in the history of the struggle against apartheid. This urban area has been for many years a dormitory-town for workers employed in the Johannesburg’s factories. Poverty …
Joelle putting on makeup to join a pre-Halloween party in Cubao Expo in Manila. #harajuku #contrast #wig #monochrome
The daily commuter in Manila takes jeepneys as one of the main mode of transportation. Jeepneys were refurbished from the American time to take in commuters and move around on different routes. Photo for @burndiary by @vjvillafranca. #jeepney #commute #drive #traffic #cityjams
