Photography: Exploring the World through Photography (DevCom and Humanities)

       Exploring the World through Photography (Development Communication and Humanities)

Dr Abe V Rotor

Windmills at  Bangui, Ilocos Norte 

Camera, camera everywhere.

     Fault not and beware;

Wear a Janus mask, its brighter side

     To trust and to abide.

It's the third eye of modern man;

     To see even the unseen,

Real images or just imagery,

     And those behind the scene.

But don't let privacy die in vain,

     If you must, be it a cause,

The lens more powerful than sword,

     Like pen its last recourse.

                                          ~ AVRotor

             

         

Why photography in the first place? Explore the world with this tiny gadget. Here are some applications.

                             1. Photojournalism - picture in the news.

Squatting and road obstruction

2. Creative photography - cultivating the 

right brain, seat of imagination.

Monster in the sky

3. Documentary -reliving the past and recording 

the present for tomorrow.

         Are we in the sunset of our species? SPU-QC

                     4. Photographic art - pictures into paintings

Water reflection

5. Photography in research - in pursuit 

of science and technology

Marine biology: brittle star

6. Photography and Nature - 

preserving natural history

Philippine crocodile, Malabon zoo

Return of the starling or martinez bird, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

7. Photography and Religion - 

bridging man and his Creator through faith

Buddhist temple, Bangkok

Religious icon Angels' Hill, Tagaytay

8. The hidden eye - application of photography 

in business, security, GPS, etc.

9. Media network - print and cyber photography, Internet

10. Probing space - in search of other worlds

Solar eclipse and sunspots

11. Photography and culture

 - preserving cultural heritage

Obusan Dance Troupe presentation

Commemorative Sculpture, Ateneo de Manila University

Halloween, NFA QC

12. Photography and Ecology 

- preserving the environment

Air pollution

13. Photomicrography 

- revealing the world of minutiae

Tubercolosis bacteria under electron microscope

14. Photography and architecture

Neo-Gothic chapel, Parañaque MM

15. Photography and Education

AB students' practicum at the UST Publishing House

Assignment in DevCom Photography - 

Development Communication - advocacy in pictures; 

photos as ideas and medium of change.  Classify and organize your collection of photos under this subject. ~