Violeta M. Gloria / MindaNews / 16 September 2002
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ILIGAN CITY - Aesthetics and truth in digital photography comes out in this one-man, all digital photo exhibit launched by one of the country's award-winning photojournalists, here.
Dubbed "Pixel Perfect," Mindanao's own, and MindaNews' editor and webmaster Robert "Bobby" Timonera launched his solo photo exhibit using the latest technology in photography - digital camera.
Twenty pictures depicting the various faces of this often misunderstood island, the exhibit is probably a first in Mindanao that uses digital photography.
Timonera said the exhibit is actually his contribution to the movement to push digital photo as an art form.
"Just as photography using film was not accepted as an art form in galleries a century ago, digital photo is still finding its place in the art world," he said.
Timonera used an Olympus Camedia C3000Z digicam for the photos that were showcased. The exhibit runs for one month starting on September 14 at Tom's Diner here.
The photos were taken from the various islands and provinces in Mindanao where Timonera gets to cover, visit and explore as a photojournalist. These included Davao City, Agusan del Norte, Lanao provinces, Siargao island and his hometown in Iligan City.
Timonera said in taking snapshots of rich Maranao cultures and their issues, he is able "to prove that simple and cheap equipment is not a hindrance to producing great pictures."
A photo on this topic includes a shot of five Moro girls who were participants to Davao City's Kadayawan Festival last month. The photo shows five girls garbed in silky and colorful Moro clothes showing perfect and sunny smiles.
Another shot shows an unruffled colorful vinta-like motif carried by Maguindanao participants with the San Pedro Cathedral's cross as a background.
Timonera said the photo shows a symbolic manifestation of the Mindanawons' dream "for Islam and Christianity sailing together."
Another photo showed a close-up shot of a Muslim father holding his son who was raising his hands in prayer. But a closer look would indicate that the child was whispering something to his father. Timonera said the picture was taken in a Friday worship at the Islamic Center in Marawi. He added it took him several shots to capture the "decisive moment."
One of his unique shots was of a boy who gave his rooster a bath in theriverside.
He called it "Rooster Bath." Timonera said in taking the photo he learned that "photography is 1/3 patience, 1/3 luck and 1/3 skill."
Timonera is a multi-awarded photographer and journalist.
As a photographer, he received an international award from Canon in 1992. He also won in three national photo contests, including an award from the National Commission on Culture and Arts.
His controversial photographs of a firing squad in Lanao del Sur in October 1997 was chosen as among the best images of the year by AsiaWeek and merited a two-page spread for the publication's final issue that year.
He has a weekly column on digital photography every Tuesday for the InfoTech section of www.inq7.net, the online publication of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the GMA TV News Network.
To see the pictures in his exhibit, enthusiasts can view them from his online gallery at www.pbase.com/timonera/.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Aesthetics and Truth in Digital Photography Exhibit
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