Many vendors thrive at night, hoping to earn from the occasional passers-by. Here, a vendor sells fried peanuts beside a train station in Makati.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Month: October 2016
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This happens when all are immersed in each own world. These strangers become more strangers as our technologies separate us in the guise of connecting us.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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A restaurant worker prepares take-away orders of Japanese bentou (box lunches). They cost a bit more than ordinary midday fare but the price is reasonable.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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Niño Royeca and Erl Sorilla of Ballet Philippines perform a pas de deux.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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By connecting lines, one can form figures. Everything starts from concepts and plans, which soon materialise into something real, something three dimensional, as this building.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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Urbanity can be synonymous to confusion, stemming from the complexities of putting hundred thousands, if not millions, of distinct individuals together to create dense living spaces. Cluttered bundles of power lines and an artificial illumination represent such a feeling.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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In the Philippines, authentic Japanese food are in restaurants and malls. So it is extremely rare to see a Japanese karinderyá (hole-in-the-wall) serving authentic ramen and sashimi at a pretty affordable price. And this karinderyá has been operating for two years now.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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A cobbler hides in the shadows of utility poles as he works on a pair of shoes.
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A bird flies low over a lake (not pictured) on a late afternoon.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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A collection of busts by Guillermo Tolentino is a feature in the National Museum of Fine Arts, with a whole gallery dedicated to it. This one is an imagined face of Lapulapu, a chieftain of Mactan Island when the Spaniards first arrived in group of islands later to be coalesced as the Philippines.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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A photocopy stall worker waits for a customer. The brand Xerox has become a byword for photocopying, much like Colgate for toothpase, Coke for softdrinks, and Pampers for diapers.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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Museum-goers marvel at an untitled work by Guillermo Tolentino. The winged figure, made from reinforced concrete, once adorned the mausoleum of the Reyes family (Hermogenes and Teodora Reyes) in Malolos, Bulacan.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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