MANILA · 35MM · SINCE 2012
The city keeps receipts.
I photograph the eight million small agreements that hold a city together — crossings, queues, chess on cardboard. Film only, no composites, no AI. If it isn't in the frame when the shutter falls, it didn't happen.
- 14
- years on the street
- 1,100+
- rolls developed
- 9
- cities documented
- 412
- frames that made the cut
Ongoing series
Full contact sheet →
SERIES 01 · 2020–2023 · 41 FRAMES
Palms & Concrete
Manila at the hour the offices leave and the sidewalks hand over to everyone else.
SERIES 02 · 2021–2024 · 67 FRAMES
Ground Rules
Crossings, queues, and the invisible agreements that keep eight million people moving.
SERIES 03 · 2016–2019 · 38 FRAMES
Waiting Rooms
Platforms, lobbies, thresholds — the places we stand when we are nowhere between.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- 2024
The Unhurried City
Interbogey Art Project, Manila · Solo
- 2023
Receipts: Ten Years of Street Frames
Vargas Museum Open Archive, QC · Group
- 2022
Palms & Concrete
Alpha Gallery, Makati · Solo
- 2021
New Topographics, PH Chapter
Online, CCP Foundation · Group
PRESS & PUBLICATION
- 2024
Rappler
Photo essay: eight hours at Buendia crossing
- 2023
National Geographic Traveller
Portfolio feature, Manila issue
- 2022
The Philippine Star
Weekend magazine cover story
- 2021
Deeper Magazine
Interview + 12-frame selection