While the academics view the 1960s as a critical turning point in Philippine history, others who grew up in this era could only reminisce. For them, it's a vault full of memories they will forever cherish.
As a young lad in the Manila of the Fifties, I was a pretty independent sort, usually traveling from our Remedios St. home to the downtown areas. Eschewing the larger buses, my preference was to cl…
The #Philippines was a participant recently at the World Trade Market in London. Check out this cool snapshot from #Pinoy travel agent Remus Mark...
The Justiniano Asunción painting featured here is untitled and undated and is from the 19th century. It is a tipos del pais (“types of the country”, native dress) painting depicting a snapshot of a typical day in the life of a man in the Philippines wearing his usual clothing. Paintings like this were sold to foreign t
A few command strips, an extra handful of wedding favor placeholder picture frames, a whole slew of snapshots not being utilized, and an idea... This post was a long time in coming. Firstly, what I thought would take me two hours, took nearly three days to complete (give or take a day); secondly, there was…
Design custom holiday cards for 2024 with photos, foil, glitter, and templates for every style from minimalist and modern to rustic, whimsical, and classic.
What is going on with the East Alton Rotary Club? We will cover it here, along with all sorts of other interesting and off-kilter stuff that will inform, enlighten and amuse you.
I always find it really interesting to get a glimpse into other people’s lives. What do they find themselves doing on a typical day? Who are they interacting with? What are they eating? Where are they going? My life has changed drastically since leaving Philadelphia last month and moving back to where I’m from on […]
To bring 9,000 employees worldwide into contact with a newly developed employer brand, this book was created. The new claim “Röchling is everywhere” led to the idea of carrying out a photo campaign at more than 80 company locations. The task was to take...
Here is a Christmas Home Snapshot of the downstairs of our house all decked out for the holidays this year.
This moment you are going through is a snapshot in a much larger story.
A snapshot of a jumping woman
It’s a slightly odd feeling to be writing about a house that belongs to someone who is normally occupied with photographing other people’s. David Merewether is the Wealden Times’ photographer at large and the sort of man who quietly charms and reassures nervous homeowners when the WT team arrives with armfuls of flowers and bags of camera equipment to do a feature on their residence.
This post is rather self-indulgent, so I beg your indulgence. The picture above is of my school ring-binder, which I've kept for ......
Don Barker, master blacksmith, features in the third episode of BBC2 TV's Mastercrafts, shown on Friday 26 February 2010. This article is adapted from the chapter on metalwork in the Mastercrafts book by author Tom Quinn: Think about the traditional blacksmith's forge and what immediately come to mind are the sensations of working with iron - fierce heat, glowing red-hot…
