I joined the Camera Club of the Philippines because of my mentors’ influence: Pancho Escaler, Bien Bautista and Emil Davocol. I started my career in photography as an assistant photographer in Chroma Studios owned and created by CCP members and now lifetime members Pancho, Emil, Bien, the late Ed Sarte and the Waldy Cruz. When […]
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Tribute to Lifetime Member Amado Castro. Credits: Dennis Zamora and Napoleon Venturina. […]
A Lifetime of Craft Mastery In the 1970’s, Osmundo V. Esguerra (who was called “Omeng” for short by his relatives and friends) was a master artisan and art dealer who traversed the country in search of antique artworks and furniture. Because he wanted only excellent items to sell, he took photos of the pieces he […]
CCP Master Photographer, 2005 and 2010 Every man has a secret. On November 15th was the day Billy Mondoñedo would tell me his. And our President Rey Ortiz sat at the table as a witness. Nesty Ocampo had earlier given me the assignment to interview Billy Mondoñedo for an article on outstanding members of our […]
One day in 1950, a father was so excited taking graduation picture of his daughter in Maryknoll College. To his dismay the pictures he took on that very special occasion was “very bad”. These were the exact words of one of the pillars of the Camera Club of the Philippines, Niding Maloles. Niding or Ka […]