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"The beauty of the photograph is the ability to affect people on an emotional level, bringing the viewer as close to the subject matter as they can get without being there. I try to capture the emotional aspects of events more than the actual details, and portraying a sense of mood of feeling in my images is essential. I hope that each of my images not only tell a story but tell it with grace and beauty."
~Zoriah, award winning photojournalist (zoriah.com)


FEMALE. CRAZY DREAMER. WRITER TURNED PHOTOGRAPHER. PAINTER. GRAPHIC ARTIST. TV & EVENTS HOST.
COLLECTOR OF FUNNY SIGNS, ASIAN HORROR FILMS, AND MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORABILIA

JOJIE ALCANTARA is a Filipina writer, photographer and artist. Armed with her Canon DSLR cameras, point and shoots, dental floss, asthma inhaler, and a dash of reckless bravado, she discovers and documents exciting, unheard of places in her personal quest to promote the islands of the Philippines, particularly Mindanao. Her passion for travel and photography has brought her to places in Asia but her most rewarding trips were the unknown islands in her country where she encounters enchanting places, queer folks, strange rituals and suspicious, inedible-looking food.

She has a lifestyle and travel column in her city's local paper for 15 years now, one in a national paper for 2 years, and contributes to magazine publications as well. While she also has television stints as host and is active in organizing public events, most of her fulfilling moments are quietly capturing nature's beauty at its highest (vivid sunrises and sunsets). She accepts commissioned projects on a case to case basis. You can view her updated images on her blogs. (She is on Facebook, too).

This solo traveler is constantly inspired by discoveries in life. Views failure and mistake as minor setbacks. Continuously reinvents herself as she moves on. Dog lover. Proud Dabawenya.

MORE ABOUT HER: http://kodakerdabawenya.com

OTHER WEB BLOGS:
(ALL ABOUT DAVAO, HER HOMETOWN) http://www.dabawenya.me
(ADVENTURES BEYOND DAVAO) http://www.dabawenya.me/adventures
(AWARD WINNING IMAGES) http://betterphoto.com/?jojiealcantara

FEATURED IN MANILA BULLETIN'S PICTURE PERFECT ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010
http://mbpictureperfect.com/pp/2010/02/16/photographer-of-the-week-34/