Zobel photos in excelsis
By Constantino C. Tejero
Photography books are expected to be beautiful, but it takes more than looking pretty to really stand out.
Photography books are expected to be beautiful, but it takes more than looking pretty to really stand out.
Some artists are either slow-burning in their creative process or they’re just too picky as to what to show the public.
Two years ago, on a late afternoon, tour operator and performance artist Carlos Celdran was arrested for reportedly interrupting Mass in Manila Cathedral to stage a protest against priests and bishops interfering with the passage of the Reproductive Health Bill.
How they’ve grown, and how their works are reflecting a growing maturity—one could swear these amateurs have become professional photographers.
All that the Dormouse ever said about eating was “Pass the butter.” But he could as well have advised Alice, “Feed your head,” meaning her to turn on.
The Spaniard has come back. We expect international artist Ginés Serrán-Pagán to come to the country again and again, as he seems to have found the Philippines his second home.
So, after 50 years, Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” has been toppled from its pedestal by Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” as The Greatest Film of All Time.
When in an interview on US television “The Bourne Legacy” director Tony Gilroy said that after seeing Jakarta and Saigon he decided to shoot his movie in Manila because it felt so “Bourne”-ish, he was just being factual.
Susan Fuentes may no longer be known to many but she used to be big. As a singer, her sultry performance was noted for its “lusty vocals and emotional styling.”
At the beginning of the 20th century, a revolution was brewing in Europe. It was the modernist assault in science and technology, literature and philosophy, music and dance, visual arts and architecture, film.
A familiar-looking painting called “The Bird Seller” was being offered by Christie’s-Hong Kong for its Asian 20th Century Art auction on May 27. Listed as Lot 2135, the 24 x 35 ¾-inch piece in oil on canvas was signed and dated “Manansala ’76.”
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