Notable Filipino Photographers

• • He is a travel photographer.
  • Started as a photographer for movie posters
  • In 1960, he was hired by future Pres. Joseph Estrada as his official photographer.
  • Contributor photographer of “The Mirror” magazine
  • Became the director of photography for “Mabuhay Magazine”, the in-flight magazine of the Philippine Airlines
  • His photos were used in many campaigns including “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” campaign of DOT.


  George Tapan
• • His highly acclaimed work has been published in five travel photography books.
  • In 2011, he won first place for his work “Into the Green Zone” in a photography contest (places category) organized by the National Geographic, besting about 20,000 entries from 130 countries.
  • An award-winning travel photographer who has won 2 Pacific Asia Tourism Association (PATA) Gold Awards & an ASEAN Tourism Association award
  • George says “Stick to what is real” in making photography. He does not use any artificial software to manipulate his works.

  
• • Best known as an advertising and commercial photographer, with over 40 years of experience in this field and numerous local and international awards for his work.
  • He owned his studio called Adphoto.
  • He specialized in aerial photography.


  John Chua
• Adphoto is one of the first studios in the Philippines to use digital photography.
• • He had applied his photo artistry to showcasing the beauty of the Philippines.
  • He believed that photography is a perfect venue to raise awareness and a call to action to make people’s lives better.
  • He founded the foundation called “Photography with a Difference” (PWD) that gives free workshops to children with special needs.


  John Chua