Photographs

Twenty-some years of amateur pictures from the places I've lived and dived. Not professional. Kept because they remember something.

Region

Palawan

Home since 2010. The West Philippine Sea, the limestone, the morning quiet of Port Barton, the inland forests and waterfalls.

I.

Port Barton, Palawan
The season the wind drops, before the day's first boat. Port Barton
Port Barton
Walking the long way back. Port Barton
Port Barton
The same beach, a different afternoon. Port Barton

II.

Bato Bato Falls
Inland from the coast, the rivers carry the rain back down. Bato Bato Falls
Star trails over Palawan
Star trails — a long exposure of the night sky. The stars are stationary; the concentric streaks are Earth rotating beneath a fixed camera. Palawan

Series

Lot Bagong Bayan

A plot of land, photographed at different times of day across two years. A small visual record of how the same place keeps changing.

Lot Bagong Bayan, lead
First visit. Looking south across the lot toward the trees.
Lot Bagong Bayan 2
Morning.
Lot Bagong Bayan 3
Midday.
Lot Bagong Bayan 4
Approaching rain.
Lot Bagong Bayan 7
The second wet season, after clearing.
Lot Bagong Bayan 8
Same frame, six months later.

Encounters

People and wildlife

The other half of why you keep photographs — the things that won't be there next time.

III.

Palawan bearded pig
The Palawan bearded pig is endemic and increasingly difficult to find. This one didn't notice me for a long minute. Palawan, in the forest
Torben at HUE
My father, on the one trip I got him out here. HUE Hotels, Puerto Princesa
Sleeping on the beach
Afternoon, after lunch, the long way home cancelled. Palawan