Bahaghari for 19th Philippine Travel Mart Photo Exhibit

Richard Atrero De Guzman for the 19th Philippine Travel Mart Photo Exhibit.

Richard Atrero De Guzman, better known in the local magazine circles as Bahaghari, is a versatile lensman whose works range from high fashion to hardcore travel and adventure. He has been a professional photographer for ten years.

“Butbut Tribe”
Kalinga Ink

Agsing Bumangil is considered the best weaver of the Butbut Tribe in Kalinga, but her body itself bears a striking work of art. In the highlands of Bugnay, Tinglayan in Kalinga, tattoos have been a mark of beauty for centuries. Instead of needles, Kalinga tattoo artists use thorns inserted into a piece of bamboo. Completing a piece of skin art that covers the length of an arm can take days, weeks or even months — in the course of the tattooing, the one getting a tattoo may sometimes fall sick from the sheer pain and may need a few days to recover.

Nicky Sering for the 19th Philippine Travel Mart Photo Exhibit

Nicky Sering one of the featured photographers for the 19th Philippine Travel Mart Photo Exhibit.

Nicky Sering’s works have appeared in a number of local magazines including the country’s foremost travel titles such as Mabuhay magazine and Travelife, as well as for publications of the World Bank’s local office and architecture magazine Bluprint. His favorite travel assignments are those that take him to Mindanao, where the scenic open road offers a vast array of photographic possibilities. He is currently at work on a personal project featuring portraits of the country’s lesser-known heroes of the boxing ring.

“Burnham Park”
Downtime

When you’re constantly looking for a new way of seeing things, you often do end up seeing something new. Nicky Sering catches the familiar Burnham Park in Baguio City, just as the early morning veil of mist is lifted. Hours before it buzzes with tourists, the shallow pool (here framed by the Christmas colors of weeping willow trees in bloom), make for a perfect meditation spot.

“Siargao Island”
Public Art

Along the rugged coast of Magpupungco in Pilar, Siargao Island, on the northeastern point of Mindanao, local beachgoers often flock to a rocky section that looks like a giant boulder with a face attached precariously to its base by a narrow neck. Around this rockface are even more curious attractions: cool pools, ranging from two- to seven-feet deep, punctuate an otherwise shallow coral bed with often knife-sharp ridges. Further out to sea, the swells around the island offer possibly the best surfing waves in the country.
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