RENEL IAN GACAYAN

It’s not the PAnA It’s the InDIAn

Is this an example of photography as process or art?
How about this? Photography as process or art?
GEORGE TAPPAN
 Advertising and commercial
photographer extraordinaire, John
is best known for his technical
excellence and mastery of
notoriously challenging photo
shoots – to the delight of clients
who envision the seemingly
impossible. With more than forty
years of experience under his belt,
John has moved with ease from one
genre of photography to another,
earning local and international
awards along the way.
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 The public response to motion pictures was immediate
and enthusiastic. From makeshift nickelodeons (movie
theaters charging a nickel for entrance) in 1904 to luxurious
“dream palaces” for middle class moviegoers by 1914, public
showings of movies were a big hit. With World War I over
and the establishment of Hollywood as the center of
American filmmaking in 1915, the movie industry was on its
way to becoming one of the biggest and most influential of
the century. With financial success came the rush to release
more and more films, in an ever-wider variety –leading to the
many film genres we know today.
first there were the silent films starring Charlie Chaplin,
and the “slapstick comedy” films of Buster Keaton and
later Laurel and Hardy. With sound still unavailable, these
films relied on purely visual comedy that audiences found
hilarious. Then, there emerged the gangster movie genre as
well as horror and fantasy films that took advantage of the
sound technology that was newly available at that time.
 Salome, 1981

Tanging Yaman, 2001

Jose Rizal, 1998
Muro-ami, 1999
is a film and television
director from
the Philippines. He
began his career in
the 1970s.
is a Filipino film director.
He was born and raised in
San Fernando, Pampanga.
He took Advertising Arts
of the then College of
Architecture and Fine
Arts at the University of
Santo Tomas. He has
directed sixteen films
since 2005.
Kinatay (the Execution of P), 2009
Among the other exciting milestones
in the fast-emerging Philippine
animation industry was the creation
in 2008 of Urduja, an animated film
adaptation of the legend of the
warrior princess of Pangasinan.

Produced by APT Entertainment,

Seventoon, and Imaginary friends,
Urduja is recognized as the first fully-
animated Filipino film, created by an
all-Filipino group of animators using
the traditional (hand-drawn)
animation process with some 3D
effects.
Another released in 2008 was
Dayo: Sa Mundo ng
Elementalia, said to be the
country’s first all-digital full-
length animated feature film.

Produced by Cutting Edge

Productions, the film presents
Philippine mythical creatures as
heartwarming characters in a
young boy’s adventure.
Another breakthrough
was the first Filipino
full 3D animated film,
RPG Metanola, co-
produced by Ambient
Media, Thaumatrope
Animation, and Star
Cinema in 2010.
 Even decades before, however, komiks creators had already introduced characters,
themes, and story lines from Philippine folklore, mythology, and history. With books and
libraries not yet readily accessible to a majority of the Filipino public, comics became a
major form of reading material around the country, avidly read and shared by young and
old alike.
 Several of his designs were selected
for several editions of the International
Design Yearbook published in London
and New York. Phaidon’s book entitled "&
FORK" underscores Kenneth's position as
a leader of a new movement incorporating
new technologies with crafts. Recently,
Kenneth was named the Designer of the
Year in the first edition of Maison et Objet
Asia held last March 11, 2014 in
Singapore. He has appeared on European
television, countless international
magazines and newspapers around the
world.
Lulu’s vision is to encourage the use of
stylized indigenous and traditional wear,
and in so doing, promote distinctly
Filipino fabrics, traditional crafts, and
design.

The designer draws inspiration from the

rich textile and embroidery traditions of
the Philippines – from the geometric
patterns of traditional tribal woven
cloths to the exquisite embroidery and
beadwork – and interprets these on her
modern silhouettes