My Best Photographs: Of Ruins and Relics (Part 3)

Part 3

My Best Photographs

Of Ruins and Relics

“There is one thing the photo must contain – 

the humanity of the moment.” -  Robert Frank

Dr Abe V Rotor

Giant billboard frame and high tension power lines create a 

scary skeleton against the gray sky along EDSA, Makati MM

Limbs of dead trees (Samanea saman or acacia) cast a silhouette 

of gnarled fingers in the sinking sun along the national highway 

in La Union 

Goodbye to a heritage tree - Camachile (Pithecolobium dulce),

This legume tree bears edible pods, dehiscent when ripe, a

 favorite of Ilocanos.  The dried bark is an ingredient in making 

basi wine.  San Vicente, Ilocos Sur.   

A pair of kissing rocks make an arch that frames 

a lone fisherman in the distance, a rare romantic 

scene for lovers and artists.  Kaohsiung, Taiwan 

 World War II Memorial, made of three steel columns and 

several concentric rings stands meek and peaceful in 

the blue summer sky at St. Paul University QC

Radio transmission towers dwarf trees and buildings 

at several spots along the national highway.  Ilocos Sur. 

Ruins of vats and cistern used in making indigo or añil during 

the Spanish colonial period. The natural dye from the indigo 

plant (Indigofera hirsuta) was a major export of the Ilocos 

region during the 200-year galleon trade between Manila 

and Acapulco, Mexico. The set is located in San Vicente, 

Ilocos Sur  

Ruin of the eastern wing of the Palacio del Gobernador 

complex has been standing undisturbed for more than 

a century. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur 

 

Hanging adventitious roots of balete (Ficus benjamina) 

curtain the entrance gate of the old Palacio del Gobernador,

a Greco-Roman architecture building, occasionally 

attracting tourists. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur 

Defoliated camphor tree (Camphora officinarum) casts a 

pathetic view on the University of Santo Tomas campus, Manila 

 

Full moon rises on treetops at the San Vicente Botanical Garden,

 San Vicente, Ilocos Sur 

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” – Aaron Siskind

“Photography is the art of making memories tangible.” – Destin Sparks ~