The barbershop is an interesting locale. Many things happen at the same time: waiting customers, a diligent barber, a patient kid surveying everything reflected in the mirror, and a bored mother.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Month: January 2020
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What more rurality can you ask in a scene of lifeful green rice paddies and a guarding dog?
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 483
Different varieties of local longganisa (sausages) hang in a specific section of the Baguio public market. One can tell the difference by their colours alone.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 482
This scene is no more. Livelihood and tourism brought people to reside in the Taal volcano island, considered a permanent danger zone. Now it is unlikely that people can remain there in many years to follow.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 481
When epic poems take the form of modern-day musicals, the erstwhile imagination limited to an individual listener brought by orality turns into something visually performative enjoyed collectively by an audience. Here in a scene of the musical version of the Ilocano epic Biag ni Lam-ang, the hero is swallowed to his death by a giant fish.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Visual Tales 