In Beijing China, there are many alleyways around the Forbidden City in the past, it was called Hutong. It is the witness of the history of Beijing,, embody the culture of old Beijing. Now most of them are demolished. I tried to capture the situation of all kind of people have during the period of Hutong demolished. .
All june I was away from… everywhere, lost in the middle of nowhere, a nowhere that looked a lot like the jungle. As it was more or less a photographic trip I chose carefully my cameras. And then everybody yells: “why Holga then!?!?” First of all I do whatever I want, it is my trip. Second, Holga is my sweetest friend. Third, even with ants crawling inside, Holga still takes pictures, I mean, no worse than usual… No kidding, when you know that even the famous bic ball-pens stop working after less than a week in the jungle, you don’t…
For this photography group exhibition SEEN THIS?, Fernando chooses to focus on still life, common images, landmarks and space. The subjects are all taken in the Philippines. He believes that photography is also one of the most successful medium that can be played into to present an idea in an actual moment and time without compromising the reality of the subject. SEEN THIS? Is the first exhibit that he organize,s he chooses photographer that he thinks has serious in their interest. The idea behind this is to show a glimpse of familiar everyday images and give the viewer a different…