To see is to be. While this statement resonates to many as something that is poetic, this conception of Photography reveals something more substantial and perhaps existential about our experience of the world, especially when viewed through the lens of phenomenology.   

Tonight, we shall endeavor to view photography in a philosophical manner, and as our guest puts it, “inquire into how photography and photographs shape our contemporary human existence.”   

Thank you for joining us tonight for Episode 5 of the Marites Talks: Kwentuhan Sessions on Philippine Photography, entitled, Philosophy of Photography: A New Way of Seeing. We have Dr. Remmon Barbaza, Associate Professor and Former Chair of the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, of the Ateneo De Manila University.

To see is to be. While this statement resonates to many as something that is poetic, this conception of Photography reveals something more substantial and perhaps existential about our experience of the world, especially when viewed through the lens of phenomenology.

To see is to be. While this statement resonates to many as something that is poetic, this conception of Photography reveals something more substantial and perhaps existential about our experience of the world, especially when viewed through the lens of phenomenology.   

Tonight, we shall endeavor to view photography in a philosophical manner, and as our guest puts it, “inquire into how photography and photographs shape our contemporary human existence.”   

Thank you for joining us tonight for Episode 5 of the Marites Talks: Kwentuhan Sessions on Philippine Photography, entitled, Philosophy of Photography: A New Way of Seeing. We have Dr. Remmon Barbaza, Associate Professor and Former Chair of the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, of the Ateneo De Manila University.

One major event of photographic development worldwide is its use in vernacular communication, which is a fancy word of saying everyday conversations. Photography in Memes and Pranks shared in social media constitutes a huge part of this trend of the vernacular use of images. However, as in the case of our guest tonight, the use of Photography in a prank, and later on taking the form of a meme,  show an interesting take on Memes and Pranks as it is used to point out, to intervene, and to comment on the Filipino-American representation in a marketing campaign of a giant fast-food chain.   

Thank you for joining us tonight for Episode 3 of the Marites Talks: Kwentuhan Sessions on Philippine Photography, entitled, Meme and Pranks as Sites of Intervention and Photographic Discourse. We have Mr. Christian Toledo.

We started our last Kwentuhan Session last Sunday (Feb 5) with the objective of giving an explanation about Photography as NOT Art and specifically through the lens of an Introduction to Semiotics.   

But 1 hour and 40 minutes into the kwentuhan, I was still explaining where friends from the Philippine Photography community are coming from when they say "Photography IS Art". So before I give an alternative perspective of reading photographs, I have decided to lay out the affirmative side first.   

So from "Photography As NOT Art: Introduction to Semiotics", we are changing the title to "Photography as Art: A Commentary on the Philippine Context".

In the aim to promote discourse, we are opening the podcast to commentaries, counterarguments, dissenting opinions, and extensions of previously presented content. Tonight, we have writer, artist, and curator Stephanie Frondoso responding to the episode: Introduction to Photography Trends.

Welcome to Marites Talks: Counterpoints. The format will be, 10-15 mins, uninterrupted exposition, and a kwentuhan follows afterwards.

With the aim to promote photography discourse, we are opening the podcast to commentaries, counterarguments, dissenting opinions, and extensions of previously presented content. Tonight, we have writer, artist, and curator Stephanie Frondoso responding to the episode: Introduction to Photography Trends.

Welcome to Marites Talks: Counterpoints. The format will be, 10-15 mins, uninterrupted exposition, and afterwards followed by a kwentuhan.

This is an introductory discussion on Photography focuses on the term "Trend" from its classical/traditional meaning up to more recent contemporary conceptions associated with the phenomenon. 

There has been much talk about AI in the field of Photography. But the interest on this topic leads some observers to ask, is it just a trendy issue, or is it really a concern that has real implications in the practice and conception of Photography in the Philippines.

Tonight we tackle some key areas of discussion in the hope of providing some foundational basis in the Idea of AI Imaging and its contingent outcomes.

Thank you for joining us tonight for Episode 2 of the Marites Talks: Kwentuhan Sessions on Philippine Photography, entitled, AI Imaging and Challenging the Index. We have Jeryc Garcia, Angela Silva, Jilson Tiu, Jake Verzosa, and Joseph Desmond Cruel.

There has been much talk about AI in the field of Photography. But the interest on this topic leads some observers to ask, is it just a trendy issue, or is it really a concern that has real implications in the practice and conception of Photography in the Philippines.

Tonight we tackle some key areas of discussion in the hope of providing some foundational basis in the Idea of AI Imaging and its contingent outcomes.

Thank you for joining us tonight for Episode 2 of the Marites Talks: Kwentuhan Sessions on Philippine Photography, entitled, AI Imaging and Challenging the Index. We have Jeryc Garcia, Angela Silva, Jilson Tiu, Jake Verzosa, and Joseph Desmond Cruel.