Shots from the Street

SIngle images

2011-11-16T10:32:00.001+08:00

http://luisliwanag.asia/slideshowpro/images.php?album=7

2011-11-15T01:23:00.001+08:00

Untitled

2011-05-19T12:20:00.002+08:00

I was waiting for my other friends during an early morning walk in downtown Manila and i trained my lens on a dark portion of the street hoping to get a good subject passing by when a shadow of what looked like a monk to me appeared on the brightly lit wall.

A night's revelry

2011-01-05T08:36:00.001+08:00

The Mendiola Narratives

2008-12-28T02:40:00.001+08:00

The Cats in the Cradle

2008-08-13T04:59:00.000+08:00

My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad
You know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home dad?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok"
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

Well, he came home from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and said with a smile
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time
You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad
It's been sure nice talking to you"

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

Tomorrow is the end of the world

2008-05-26T18:37:00.000+08:00

I remember that when i was young and I used read comic books, i always see an illustration of soomsdat pr and we should all be scared.....but if you see signs That read " Even Good Guys Do BAD THINGS" then it could be worse

Luis by Harold Buck Pago

2008-05-05T04:52:00.000+08:00

just this image

2008-04-15T19:48:00.000+08:00

The woman with the R2M

Aperture 2.1

2008-03-31T16:12:00.000+08:00

I have been very excited to use Apple's aperture for a long time since hearing about it, but when i tried the version 1.5, I was turned off.The learning curve was too much for me and i found the interface not too intuitive. When i used Adobe's Lightroom for the first time...I got hooked. The workflow was perfect for me, and I found it very easy to import images from my cf card, rate my photos, and quickly batch edit the images for exporting to my target sizes and burning it for submission to my clients.Color corrections and global enhancements was a breeze. The Aperture program just lay there on my hard disk like a fat lazy something...when the 2,0,1 came out I installed the 30-day demo version and renamed my licensed version. I started enjoying it more because it adopted my favorite tool, Lightroom's vignette, highlight recovery, etc.

When I stumbled on the featured video of Nat Geo's Jim Richardson explaining his workflow using Aperture... i was really amazed! I didn't realize that it was the tool I'll ever need in doing photo stories. i will be using it more from now on.. especially since the 2.1 version came pre-installed with a dodge and burn" plugin...Awesome!!

the fields

2008-03-07T10:47:00.000+08:00

When I was a kid, i always looked forward to the afternoons when after school, my neighbors would play "agawan base", hide and seek, camping and all konds of games inside a vacant lot in front of our house in Quezon City.There we hid among the talahib... ran after hundreds of dragonflies, and made small huts where we lit-up bonfires and exchanged tall tales with the elders. The vacant lot was a paradise filled with Santol, guava,Avocado, star apple, Aratilis and other fruit-bearing trees. It was really fun while it lasted.We soon grew up and the other kids slowly vanished as more and more of the neighbors started moving elsewhere.That was yesterday
Today, I spent a few days in Iloilo city on a documentary assignment, I came across this kids playing near the sea. I learned that every afternoon, they would play in this patch of land by the sea, a virtual fishpond for the community,,, sadly in a few months , if conditions permit, a huge coal-fired power plant would take it's place... right beside the existing Diesel power plant in the far background. Soon after the kids happy memories of their childhood will be wiped out by dark clouds of dirty coal exhausts and toxic heavy metal by-products of the future.

South Cotabato: Hot Days, cold nights

2008-02-26T11:12:00.000+08:00

I spent a few days in North and South Cotabato chasing KC Concepcion, US Ambassador Kenney, and the MILF brothers.Being a predominantly muslim province, I literally spent cold nights inside my hotel hugging my cameras for company. The days were really hot and humid . I ate a lot of Deep-fried Dalag with rice and Tolang dalag for breakfast and fresh kinilaw na isda, seaweeds, shrimp and sometimes fat crabs for lunch.The MILF politburo on the other hand never failed to bathe us in piping-hot native brewed coffee even under that raging hot sun.

The WIld Wild West

2008-01-22T05:06:00.000+08:00

About two decades ago, these children playing without a care in the world wouldn't have been possible. These kids live in a mining community on Mt. Diwalwal which in the not too distant pasr was populated by denizens of the underworld, lost commands, and anybody who in some way have lost their will to live among us and chose to search for gold elsewhere. In the 1980's a gold rush in Mt. Diwalwal gave birth to a town where guns and gold ruled. Gun duels were everyday fare and the death toll kept rising. It was a survival of the fittest.
Today , there is peace and women and children need not live in fear.There is a schoolhouse. a health center, and an economy built on gold revenues.
The only real problem is with iver a 100,000 population and without a real eco-government policy, Mt.Diwalwal might soon become an ecological nightmare.

Mere propagenda or truth?

2007-10-31T01:46:00.000+08:00

inside the dressing room

2007-10-16T05:09:00.000+08:00

details will follow....

Bureau of Internal Refugees

2007-10-03T05:04:00.000+08:00

This are images taken during a photo visi with Tudla Productions to the railroad tracks where demolitions and relocations are ongoing. The people living in small houses alongside the railroad tracks are being driven away to various relocation centers outside the city to find themselves trekking back to the city on account of poor living conditions, lack of jobs and services. These people may be squatters but they it is disheartening to know that they are part of the growing number of Internal refugees in our homeland,

These images are part of the documentation using a Fuji GW670 medium-format rangefinder camera and 220 size Porta film and scanned

Southern Exposure

2007-09-05T04:56:00.000+08:00

For a lttle less than two weeks, I went on a trip with a Video Journalist Aaron Goodman, s canadian based in Bangkok. I was fixing for him. This means I have to be the assistant cameraman, gadder, PA, researcher,translator ,etc.I don't remember the last time O did this sort of thing. It was hard work for me coz' we had to work 8-15 hours a day and in the evenings, I spent a lot of time brainstorming the next day's shoot. There was no time to shoot stills for myself. Most importantly though,,, I had witnessed a lot of real things, Mothers losing their beloved husbands by extra-judicial killing, very old farmers with bent-backs toiling their landm peaceful villagers tacing the impending land-grabbing of their titled lands. human rights workers teaching the masses their basic human rights, daughters and children facing up to the loss and grief of losing their fathers and grandparents whoo were summarily killed, simple folk and sof being communists, intelligence agents swarmiaround us while we were doing doc were also the sights of dally life. Sights of hope and optimism. Here are just simple snippets of life in Southern Tagalog region as witnessed them.

Macapagal Tenement Building in Tondo

2007-09-04T05:13:00.000+08:00

Aura and Chris, a couple of really good artists give the dilapidated and condemned building a fresh coat of hope and vigor by painting the whole central area of the buildings 4th floor with heroes abd other characters. They were helped by supportive young residents.

Found:

2007-08-13T21:58:00.000+08:00

A dear friend, fellow photographer Alan Dejecacion from San Francisco found this old image he took of me in the mid 90's when we went to see "The great John Lee Hooker" (as far as i can recall) at Yoshi's blues bar in Oakland.Taken with a Leica M6.This image really gives me the blues.

Walking home from the barber shop

2007-08-02T07:15:00.000+08:00

Walking home from the barber and still reeling from the frustration of the crappy hair cut I got, this scene washed away all my anger. I need to have a cool shower too.

Healers

2007-07-26T09:31:00.000+08:00

These people are fixtures of Quiapo and it's sub-culture

Quiapo Hula

2007-07-25T07:09:00.000+08:00

Standing out in the crowd, this young woman patirntly waits fro her fortune and destiny to be foretold by the Fortune tellers of Quiapo

Honky tonk woman

2007-07-25T07:00:00.000+08:00

it's so dark inside...but the lighting is so irresistible that I took a shot the focussing was off but what the heck!! I like the psychedelic pinks and violets plus the orange.

The lightbearer

2007-07-24T01:58:00.000+08:00

A team shoot while winding down after the SONA of PGMA..We had nothing else to do so we turned on our slave strobes and started jumping around Commonwealth avenue at dusk.John Javellana,Gil Nartea, Jes Aznar,Akira Liwanag, Buck Pago were all there.(photographed by Jes Aznar)

SONA preview

2007-07-22T19:21:00.000+08:00

Quiapo Fridays

2007-07-21T21:40:00.000+08:00

It's a Friday and I spent the whole day shooting an assignment for my agency.. before I knew it, the nightlife began to unfold as I was walking the streets of Quiapo. I've long missed doing this stuff . I think this starts something

Makati avenue.

2007-07-19T07:56:00.000+08:00

A boy watches early morning traffic

FHM 100 sexiest

2007-07-13T05:55:00.000+08:00

FHM GANGSTA article

2007-07-12T09:29:00.000+08:00

LINK to my photos on FHM

The Leica Freedom Train

2007-07-12T02:37:00.000+08:00

Cross posting

2007-07-12T01:30:00.000+08:00

I don't know that Multiply is such fun.I have not bee updating this site for a long time because initially I found it hard to maintain. This is just a test.

A growing family

2007-06-13T12:33:00.002+08:00

Open Source: The Fed-2 and Linux...you can't go wrong

2007-06-05T04:11:00.001+08:00

Cigarette Vendor 2007: M4-2, J-12 lens

Sunday's Best

2007-06-03T08:01:00.000+08:00

Pantranco QC- Leica, Jupiter-8, Lucky film.
I was about to go up the footbridge..in the corner of my eye, a solitary figure in a long white dress was lurking in the shadows. I Pre-focused my lens ,shot a frame, and moved on.

Baclaran

2007-06-03T07:58:00.001+08:00

Leica,Jupiter-8, Lucky SHD 100

Just when everybody else goes....Di.....

2007-05-30T21:23:00.000+08:00

Just when almost everybody has gone digital... here I am dabbling with BW film. Well I am trying out this new FSU (former Soviet Union) lens. It's a Jupiter-8 50 mm f2.0 lens. It is a little soft at the largest opening but it peoduces a certain character that I like. If not for the end of the Cold war, It would not have landed into my hands. I will push the envelope of these lenses.

J-8

2007-05-28T04:41:00.000+08:00

Baclaran Market

malate

2007-05-08T18:26:00.000+08:00

REMEDIOS PARK

Rangefinder Day

2007-05-02T08:51:00.000+08:00

Photo by Buck

2007-05-02T08:49:00.000+08:00

RF users hanging out at the Remedios Circle photo by Buck

2007-04-29T15:14:00.000+08:00

First image during the RFP walkabout at Malate Manila.
(Jupiter-12 100 asa )

2007-04-24T00:48:00.000+08:00

smiling mom (J-3 50mm lens )

2007-04-24T00:32:00.000+08:00

Nina@EarthDay Jam 2007 (J-12 35mm lens

2007-04-23T23:54:00.000+08:00

2007-04-23T20:43:00.000+08:00

The kids hanging out on a hot summer day
taken with a Jupiter012 lens

White Beach,Puerto Galera 2007

2007-04-04T00:39:00.000+08:00

2007-03-04T02:42:00.000+08:00

Comments are most welcome

2007-02-07T08:31:00.000+08:00

Vote for this pls.

2007-02-01T07:30:00.000+08:00

Aftermath of typhoon Durian

2006-12-09T15:03:00.000+08:00

2006-11-19T12:19:00.000+08:00

Halleluia! after almost two weeks at the Canon Service center, My 70-200 lens is alive again.For a dew seconds it became an underwater lens....

2006-11-17T14:20:00.000+08:00

running man

SHOTS from the streets is alive!!!!!!!!!

2006-11-17T14:01:00.000+08:00

It's me.... (photo by Buck Pago)

Maputim na Buhangin ng BASECO

2006-07-17T13:45:00.000+08:00

2006-04-24T06:00:00.000+08:00

Early in the morning of April 19, 2006, Demolition crews from the City Mayor's office of Manila together and elite SWAT members, spilled into the Baseco Compound, an informal settlement of more than 2000 families and attempted to demolish the homes of hubdreds of families whose dhanty homes are getting into the way of progress.The people couldn't help but resist when they saw their houses slowly being torn to pieces. The government had not laid any plans for their relocation.

This blog is out of order

2006-03-27T08:31:00.001+08:00

Blogger.com is experiencing some weird problems regarding their file seervers and this blog is one of those affected. If I am lucky enough to post this empty post then you may start to visit my other blog, "Luis Liwanag:SHOTS FROM THE STREET " just to see some latest images from the past few days since my blog was locked.

Never Again

2006-03-19T08:26:00.000+08:00

spidey

2006-03-19T07:49:00.000+08:00

hanna salutes the crowd

Music for Freedom

2006-03-19T06:50:00.000+08:00

2006-03-19T03:26:00.000+08:00

Dong ABay takes a smoke backstage.

2006-03-19T03:25:00.000+08:00

rock fans

2006-03-19T03:24:00.000+08:00

Slamming

2006-03-19T03:22:00.000+08:00

Hand signal

2006-03-19T03:21:00.000+08:00

Peace

2006-03-19T03:19:00.000+08:00

smokling

2006-03-19T03:18:00.000+08:00

Reggae Mistress

2006-03-19T03:05:00.000+08:00

Writer and Emcee, Joel Saracho

2006-03-19T03:01:00.001+08:00

Slammin

2006-03-19T03:01:00.000+08:00

Backstage: DOng Abay

2006-03-19T02:51:00.000+08:00

Cutie: Agaw Agimat

2006-03-19T02:50:00.000+08:00

DOng Abay

2006-03-19T02:38:00.000+08:00

Roel sings Lennon

2006-03-19T02:37:00.000+08:00

Conrad de Quiros, Organizer: " I prefer the Power of Music over the Music of Power."

2006-03-19T02:35:00.000+08:00

A backdrop of Reppression

2006-03-19T02:34:00.000+08:00

Lady photog

2006-03-19T02:33:00.000+08:00

Yeah!!!

2006-03-19T02:32:00.001+08:00

"Session Road lead guitarist

2006-03-19T02:32:00.000+08:00

Dancing to the sounds of Protest

2006-03-19T02:31:00.000+08:00

The Rockista's

2006-03-19T02:30:00.000+08:00

Raised Fist for Freedom

2006-03-19T02:29:00.000+08:00

Leah Navarro: Black and White Movement

2006-03-19T02:28:00.000+08:00

Agaw Agimat

2006-03-19T02:27:00.001+08:00

"Agaw Agimat"

2006-03-19T02:27:00.000+08:00

Alex Baluyut:Documentary Photographer

2006-03-19T02:26:00.000+08:00

GIl Nartea: Documentary Photographer

2006-03-19T02:25:00.000+08:00

"Session Road"

2006-03-19T02:23:00.000+08:00

Dong Abay: I Lunatek

2006-03-19T02:22:00.000+08:00

Cookie Chua and The "Color it Red"

Newsbreak Magazine is now online!

2006-03-17T08:29:00.000+08:00

Our current issue

International Women's Day 2006

2006-03-09T10:06:00.000+08:00

Militant women from all sectors march tolwards the Financial district of Makati for the celebration of International Women's Day

2006-03-09T09:55:00.000+08:00

plainclothes police arrest a male marcher during crowd dispersal operations

2006-03-09T09:51:00.000+08:00

riot police charge

2006-03-09T09:46:00.000+08:00

Riot police on the offensive

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A young woman symbollically expresses her demands

2006-03-09T09:37:00.000+08:00

A woman raise her feast during the womans march in the financial district of Makati

2006-03-09T09:30:00.000+08:00

Riot police on standby at the Financial district of Makati

2006-03-09T09:24:00.000+08:00

A face stands out from the crowd

2006-03-09T09:18:00.000+08:00

An elderly woman jons the women's march