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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 SOLO TRAVELER, WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER. ARTIST. TV & EVENTS HOST.

JOJIE ALCANTARA is a Filipina writer, photographer and artist who juggles multiple tasks. Armed with her Canon DSLR cameras, point and shoots, dental floss, asthma inhaler, and reckless bravado, she documents images of human interest, and travels to remote places in a personal quest to promote the beauty of the Philippine islands, particularly Mindanao.

With her orientation as a painter and a photojournalist, her photography is a mix of surrealism and reality, since as a daydreamer she crosses the border between fantasy and the real world a lot. So when she comes across a setting that looks like a painting, she hyperventilates. She loves to do aerial photography, too, so her head is way over the clouds.

This passion has brought her around Southeast Asia but her most rewarding trips were unknown destinations in her country where she discovers enchanting places, queer folks, strange rituals and suspicious, inedible-looking food.

She has a lifestyle and travel column in her city's local paper since 1995, a travel column in a national paper since 2010, and contributes to national and international magazine publications. She has television stints as host and organizes media events, but most of her fulfilling moments are quietly capturing nature's beauty on her own. She accepts travel assignments, and handles photography workshops. Her images can be found here on Pbase and her blogs.

PHOTOBLOG: "The Scene Stealer" http://kodakerdabawenya.com
DAVAO, HER BELOVED CITY: http://www.dabawenya.me
TRAVEL & ADVENTURES: http://www.dabawenya.me/adventures
FAN PAGE : http://www.facebook.com/Jojie.Alcantara.Designs

FEATURED IN MANILA BULLETIN'S PICTURE PERFECT ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010
http://www.pbase.com/jojie_alcantara/image/124730857

Jojie Alcantara (Art & Photography)



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Copyright for these photos belongs solely to Jojie Alcantara. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer. Please email to jojiealcantara@gmail.com.