Jake Salvador

2011-01-22T08:56:00.028+08:00

The image was taken one morning using my Mobile Scream camera, a red Nokia E63, last December 23. The tree was located in the middle of the vast rice field at our province in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines where the family roots of my father and mother came from.

“From the North”

One of the best images I captured last December and now it became three in square frames. We all know that the greeting is late but, Happy 2011, good morning everyone.

I wrote as a New Year greeting to everyone on Facebook, a social networking site, which been shared on the 11^th of January at 2:11am. The whole image was divided into three just to maximize the space, to compromise to the new Facebook profile lay-out. Any political, social, economical, psychological and scientific approach in analyzing this photo is fine with me. As you notice, the sun shines brighter at the middle image where a man rest behind the shades created by the leaves of a full grown tree.

It's been a long time since I went here and posted something like. I’m planning to create a new site for more online chummy me: link will be posted here soon.

2010-04-24T21:53:00.004+08:00

ELECTION

May 10: let's go!

2010-04-21T05:08:00.015+08:00

3 of 17 Photographs published last 2009 in a new book of Roland B. Tolentino, PAG-AKLAS / PAGBAKLAS / PAGBAGTAS: Politikal na Kritisismong Pampanitikan. He was one of my favorite writer during my college days.

Thanks to Nicole and Arvin of U.P Press for treating

me and my photographs nicely. :D

2010-04-16T19:39:00.009+08:00

MOON FLIGHT + BEACH BITCH

Lets' explore the Visual + Vibes of the Philippines = Plus63

Trust me, you'll enjoy it like a dream

Don't forget your work

See you, baby!

2010-04-14T06:02:00.016+08:00

MOBILE SCREAM

The Author's Photo Diary

2010-02-13T05:47:00.004+08:00

WELL... everyone needs a sleep. TNX :)

2010-02-06T15:47:00.005+08:00

(:)

U WISH YOU HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF I

you are just everywhere

you are so grrrrr

you

I WISH I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU

2010-02-05T14:38:00.051+08:00

CAMERA DAMAGE

Images are created as I keep on pressing the shutter release button of the Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn DSLR without a lens while observing it's problem why it has an over-exposed part in the middle of the photographs it produced (The camera was privately owned by Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation). I runned all the photographs in Adobe Photoshop CS2 to re-size and to put watermark on it.

In general... I miss that camera.

P.S. I also miss the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, privately owned by the Boss.

2010-01-31T02:56:00.020+08:00

I'll just continue this on Monday for my next month post. It will used all my running stock photographs just to aback all the previous posts. Is aback the right term? hmmmm I just want all my new post in front of my blog page to make previous just a STOCK.

2010-01-21T20:42:00.011+08:00

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Take a seat, in standard tuning, as we watch her pass.

2009-12-26T22:56:00.004+08:00

JULY HEART REVOLUTION

Photograph was my last frame taken in my last news coverage for this year.
We are soaked in the rain, my camera bleeds, she cried. Us!

Actually I dreamed of you, in tears as you fade, in grief you told me something.
That was something. After two weeks in the same place you were smiling.
That was the last time I saw you, I'm in bliss.

He sometimes pretend not to know to know.
It's all worth it. He is now in realism.
Thank you, to you to you,
so much. :D

2009-12-26T22:35:00.007+08:00

GOOGLE

? Searching 101
In the Bathroom

In your Dreams

In www or travel in Europe.
Or just fall but don't forget your light parachute! :)

2009-12-26T16:12:00.009+08:00

PEEKING

It's been more than one month after the Maguindanao Massacre that occupied me during my last week vacation in our province. I Went back to Manila to fly straight to Zamboanga to meet new people and tell another story.

The Trial started.
Justice!

2009-12-26T15:41:00.008+08:00

AT 90-140 KPH JOYRIDE. Looking up, so the sky is the colour of love. Wishing? Maybe... wandering and asking... how? a daydream - like a smoke, my mind floats. A surprise, I like the image of a car about to cross the pedestrian lane reflected through the shade. Thank God it did'nt hit my eye.

here... I still have my tail and that bracelet, the commitments.

One of my best candid portraits last year taken by a good friend SARAH ENCABO.
Travel the world and take care. Enjoy! :D

2009-10-28T10:55:00.007+08:00

TAGUAN ( Hide and Seek)

The photograph was first published in Philippine Collegian in 2003.

It was shot in colored film and converted to black and white inside the darkroom.

I like the young girl smile in this photograph. :)

2009-10-28T10:28:00.007+08:00

ISO 800 HUNDRED Excitement

My aunt M gave me 4 rolls of KODAK 800 film that year.

2009-10-28T10:14:00.003+08:00

GRAND PARENTS: 8 years ago

Inang died last year in the day we suppose to
celebrate Christmas. Tatay died 7 years ago,
forget the exact date. Need to visit them in
the start of the next month. I miss them...

2009-10-28T10:06:00.005+08:00

THAT SHUTTERS

2009-10-22T02:28:00.003+08:00

Gusto kita.
Hindi ko alam kung paano nagsimula.
Mahirap magbitiw ng ganitong salita.
Nararamdaman na ang tuwa.

TALA TAWA (Star and Laughter)
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2009-10-22T02:21:00.004+08:00

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS

2009-10-22T02:16:00.003+08:00

The WIND was STRONG that afternoon.

2009-10-22T02:09:00.003+08:00

POWER SUPPLY

Repaired and charging up,
starting with this.

2009-09-23T09:18:00.004+08:00

it's a GAB.

2009-09-23T08:51:00.020+08:00

FIRST FLIGHT

A very nice gift before I turned 26. Salamat. :D

2009-09-04T16:34:00.007+08:00

ELLA
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Limang taon na ang nakakalipas nung nakilala kita sa Tarlac hanggang sa Pampanga. Kinita ko ang dati nating kasama noong nakaraang taon para makikipagbalitaan, bumisita sa Maynila. May exhibit kami ng mga Litrato sa isang bar sa Quezon City. “Kamusta si Ella, tsong?” Hawak ang mga prinsipyo, Patay ka na pala. Naalala ko ang mga mata mo noong una tayong nagkakilala, Enlightened, Kumikinang, Kumikislap, Umiilaw, Kotento ka. Mas matangkad ako sayo pero nanliit ako.

“Baket Ella?”
“Gabriella, Ella”
Ang corny, purki ba may groupo na Gabriella na nagsusulong ng
karapatan ng kababaihan at Babae ka yun na. “Sige na nga”

Hindi ko alam ang mararamdaman ko noon sa balita.
May ibang pumumuno ng mundo ko.
May ibang umuukupa sa isip ko.

Hindi ko alam mararamdaman ko.
Lungkot...
Siguro...

Ngayon?
Luha ba to?
Putang Ina !!!!!

“Ganon talaga...”

2009-09-01T15:39:00.005+08:00

PHOTOGRAPH
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Date Correction
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I’ve dated the past post on September, 09, it supposed to be on August, 08. Ex: 083109

I’ve used one of my favourite Keep Photograph for this one. :D
I’m not expecting to use it now.

2009-08-29T16:40:00.012+08:00

OAKWOOD MUTINY

July 27, 2003

Minolta X300s

35-70 mm

Kodak Tri-X 400

Photographs was published in Philippine Collegian,

The Official Student Publication of the University of the Philippines.

2009-08-28T11:06:00.004+08:00

SILAI
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Afternoon

S: Can we talk?
I’ll just tell you a story.
S: Can you tell a story that we can argue about?
I feel suppressed.
Hahahaha
S: Can we go to the mall?
Tomorrow, I also need to pay my bills.
Can you scratch my back?
S: Ok.
Can I just go back to sleep?

You played the guitar.

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Morning

S: Can we listen to Tori Amos?
Sure.

2009-08-24T13:55:00.003+08:00

Took coins from my window room and put it in my pocket, didn’t know how much it was. It’s was raining that’s why I put on my gray jacket. I went to the store along the road that just got opened to have something to drink. There is no chilled bottled drink, so Tita Toyang offers me a glass with ice. I ask for a soft drinks but she gave me an orange juice. Perfect. I think she know I haven’t gotten any sleep.

Lit a cigarette, the classic thing, and sat facing the road, watching jeepneys pass by. Pass, past, fast. I noticed my sight panning to the school logo across the store. The school’s name was “Holy Angel” and suddenly a memory during my childhood started to dart in my mind...blah blah blah blah...bubbly surreal and distorted images in my mind frame during my kindergarten. This was when we visited OB Montessori main, I didn’t remember where the exact place was but I was in a room full of kids. A cute, white, curly blonde girl approached me and offered me a hotdog with marshmallows. She smiles and then POP! Bubbly smoke.

The road was wet and asked myself is it Friday or Saturday? An FX, Public utility vehicle with a sign board “Quipo Taft” went by.
I miss Manila. I miss them all. I miss.
A sudden miss, a mist.

I love this life but I’m starting to hate this habit.
But I need this.
Sleep.

After consuming two stick I asked Tita Toyang how much for the drink and cigarette? 16 pesos, she said.
I reached to my pocket and got all my coins.

EKSAKTO!
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2009-08-24T13:37:00.004+08:00

YESTERDAY
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Selfish Independent Freak that keeps what I want.
Maybe I’m not a collector.
Explicit!

2009-08-24T13:00:00.008+08:00

TRAFFIC
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Happy thought along EDSA.
I remember you. Hahahaha

Ang corny ng punchline mo pre.
Wag mo ng uulitin. Hahahahaha

Solar system. Waiting for the sun. The center.

2009-08-20T22:18:00.007+08:00

YELLOW FOUR

Mobile Camera: Nokia E63

2009-08-18T20:42:00.006+08:00

HELLO! it's been a long time.

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two dates
now and before
i just don't know
what is the exact time.

Photo taken after the fire in Quezon City.
I converted it into Black and White.
also had photos during the fire.

2009-05-17T21:59:00.002+08:00

BACK

Mobile Camera: Nokia E63

2009-05-17T21:55:00.005+08:00

ROTATION

Mobile Camera: Nokia E63

2009-05-15T01:42:00.002+08:00

KEYHOLE

2009-05-15T01:20:00.002+08:00

PLAYING with the Wind last May 7 this year.

2009-05-14T10:45:00.003+08:00

MUD PLAYMATES

2009-05-08T21:34:00.002+08:00

TYPHOON EMONG

May 7, Urdaneta, Pangasinan

Photograph published in Manila Bulletin.

2009-04-24T17:34:00.001+08:00

CITIZEN JOURNALISM

2009-04-22T16:29:00.001+08:00

SPOT LIGHT to captute the FLASH

April 16-17, 2009

Flush and the Toilets Band @ Freedom Bar

2009-04-02T17:43:00.001+08:00

March 05, 2009

Let's start a new Fire. :)

According to Facebook. What's on your mind?
These, before the fire started.

2009-04-02T17:14:00.001+08:00

TAO LANG

1982-2009

2009-04-02T16:58:00.005+08:00

Vincent Jan Rubio 1980-2009
March 29, 2009
Arlington, Pasig City

My friend Jaime Diga took the primary photo and I just re-composed it.

2009-01-06T15:19:00.002+08:00

VISIBILITY

November 30, 2008 Tambisan, Siquijor
Shadow, Water and Time

2008-12-09T19:28:00.001+08:00

VISION

December 09, 2007
Last year, this year, next year, next year and next year.
A turning point.

2008-12-09T18:57:00.004+08:00

WATER

October 04, 2007

http://www.paws.org.ph

Photographs are published in Fudge Magazine

2008-11-21T21:11:00.003+08:00

IN SECURITY

February 09, 2008 (top)
Philippine National Police Special Action Force inspects the vehicles going inside the Senate compound in Pasay City to implement their heightened security to the area when ZTE deal star witness Jun Lozada is in the custody of the Senate.

September 22, 2007 (bottom)
Members of Philippine National Police Special Action Force stationed on top of their armoured vehicle in Balintawak, Caloocan City to monitor vehicles entering Metro Manila when at time a rumour that a shadowy group tries to destabilized the government.

2008-11-06T00:29:00.006+08:00

DIGOS

December 2003 Palina East, Urdaneta, Pangasinan

Photograph was first published in Philippine Collegian Sipat section at 2003

2008-11-06T00:17:00.002+08:00

PIKIT MATA

2003
Rugby boy sa Philcoa at anak ng manggagawa sa piketline sa SM Cubao.

2008-11-06T00:08:00.003+08:00

ALSABALUTAN

2003 Muslim Community in Arboretum, Diliman

2008-11-06T00:07:00.003+08:00

ORCO

2003 Payatas Dumpsite, Quezon CIty

2008-11-05T23:51:00.002+08:00

SINGKO

2003 Commonwealth, Batasan

2008-11-01T17:09:00.002+08:00

APAT NA SULOK HILO DEMONYO

2003 Angono, Rizal

Titulo

2008-10-11T01:35:00.006+08:00

TSONG

2004, Quipo, Manila City

Para may bago kahit luma ang litrato tsong.

The photograph was published in 24/7 Walang Panahon: The 2004-2005 Philippine Collegian Anthology

2008-09-13T03:04:00.002+08:00

MANGGAGAWANG BUKID

November 2004, Unang Linggo, Tarlac City

Simula ng makasaysayang paglaban ng mga

Manggagawang Bukid ng Hacienda Luisita.

2008-09-13T02:37:00.002+08:00

July 5, 2008 Guadalupe Fire

INAANTOK

Anong nararamdaman mo habang kumukuha ng litrato?

Inaantok. Sabog?

2008-09-03T17:28:00.002+08:00

August 29, 2008 Thinking Streetlight at Bahay ng Alumni, U.P Diliman

Acknowledge and Respect the Medium.

2008-08-22T18:18:00.003+08:00

WARM SHIFT

August 16, 2008 Golden Buddha Temple, Bangkok Thailand

A little shade of the sky and the golden sun

2008-08-19T00:44:00.003+08:00

August 13, 2008 Hillstop, Antipolo, Rizal

NIGHT SHIFT

Shooting news stills for 4 months now,
when majority of the people have rested
after long work with the sun
and others
adapt to all that mind pollution they
encounter before they sleep.
I contemplate to every streetlight
I pass by, noticing those thinking/
sleepy
streetlight when they blink.
I always blink.
This is night shift and
This is me for 4 months now.

Shooting

Waiting

Talking

2008-08-08T16:20:00.003+08:00

From Summit

(Mt. Pico, Quezon. May 25, 2008)

... To Sea

(Ubay Sandbar, Bohol. June 29, 2008)

TOUCH

2008-08-04T16:08:00.001+08:00

UNTITLED

June 29, 2008 Tubigon Bohol

Universal emotions that anyone can relate to.

2008-08-04T15:02:00.002+08:00

1944-1950

Jan 27, 2008 Going to Rizal

Humihinga, pero lubog pa rin sa nakaraan
Tulong, hugutin mo ako ngayon
Alam mong parte ka rin ng nakaraan
Tuwid na ba ang aking daan?

2008-08-02T04:37:00.005+08:00

EKIS

July 19, 2003 Payatas

The photograph was published in: 24/7 WALANG PANAHON

The 2004-2005 Philippine Collegian Anthology

2008-07-09T19:26:00.002+08:00

ANG SWITCH KO

Switch ng ilaw ko sa kwarto.
Subukan nating magbago.
Simulan ko nalang sa linggo.

Walang drama to.
Walang sabog dito.

Ako ang mabait na demonyo.
Aray. Bira! ;}

2008-07-01T13:33:00.004+08:00

FLASH LIGHT

June 2008

Tubigon, Bohol

2008-06-07T07:34:00.003+08:00

SWING OR WINGS?

Sunday morning after the rain.
Can't wait to take my swings.
Wait...

2008-06-07T07:12:00.003+08:00

THREE MONTHS ENCOUNTER

Feeding to available materials for our mind exploration to control.

2008-06-04T19:26:00.002+08:00

VEGETARIAN

2008-05-28T16:15:00.002+08:00

LUMAD

Bibiyaon and Annabelle 2003

2008-05-26T08:41:00.002+08:00

FOR YOU

Share the heart melting red.

Pick one or make it three.

2008-05-21T01:41:00.002+08:00

TULAY BAHAY BUHAY

Kodak Tri-x 400

Under the bridge, Fairview Quezon City 2004

2008-05-09T15:09:00.003+08:00

VIGAN

Surfing the streets of Vigan City last December 2004

2008-04-28T14:46:00.004+08:00

AFTERMATH

Photographs was published in Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. News Publications.

2008-04-18T08:27:00.002+08:00

ANGELICA

Witnesses heard the man riding a motorcycle say “Tigilan mo ang girlfriend ko! (Stop bothering my girlfriend.)” before he aimed and shot at the heart of Leudovico Partica, 46 years old, in front of a bakery in Evangelista Street, Bacoor Cavite last night. Police investigate the angle that it was a quarrel over a woman which led to Partica’s death.

2008-04-05T11:56:00.002+08:00

KUN IAM

Masarap minsang maligaw sa gabing umuulan, may mababangga ka.

2008-02-19T21:49:00.004+08:00

AKO: Behind the Lens

2008-02-16T02:25:00.004+08:00

INANG

Gusto kong magkwento, pero... hindi yata talaga ako magaling dun.

pero sige subukan natin.

Sabi ng Lola ko sa akin, gusto niyang makita ang litratong ilalagay sa

taas ng kabaon niya bago siya mamatay. Gusto niya yung nasa maraming

bulalak siya.

sabog na naman ako... ok lang

2008-02-09T00:08:00.002+08:00

COLOR CODING

Avilon Zoo in Montalban, Rizal

2008-02-05T01:30:00.002+08:00

TAGAYTAY

Mag-iisang buwan na ang tambak ng labahan ko.
Kada araw pinipilit kong bawasang manigarilyo, dalawang kaha na nagagamit ko.
Nakasanayan ko ng matulog sa bus mula Intramuros hanggang Fairview.
Tambay muna kahit saan bago umuwi, naghahanap ng happy ending bago matapos ang araw.
Wala pa rin, ayos lang. Biyahe pa uli.
Dalawang jeep pa papuntang boundary ng Novaliches at Caloocan.
Makakalimutang mag-charge ng battery ng camera, flash, radio at cellphone.
Magkakape at sigarilyo nalang bago matulog.
Damn!
Butas ako tsong.

2008-02-02T16:58:00.005+08:00

BLACK NAZARENE PROCESSION 2008

2008-02-02T16:30:00.003+08:00

TUBIG

Traveled form Laguna to Ilocos Sur

2008-01-07T00:30:00.003+08:00

METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

May 25, 2007. Members of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) demolition team clash with the illegal settlers along E. Rodriguez, near Araneta Avenue in Quezon City. The MMDA tried to tear down their houses as part of the MMDA sidewalk clearing operation. The road was closed for about 30 minutes due of the riot.

2007-12-25T17:07:00.008+08:00

IRRIGATION

A child takes a bath in the water irrigation pipeline that supplies water in the near rice field at Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines.

Photograph was published in TEMPO under Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.

2007-12-25T16:51:00.002+08:00

JAIL VIRUS

Caloocan Jail detainees acquire skin diseases all over their bodies because of scarce ventilation inside the jail, dirt and the sizzling summer heat, April 2007. Fifty-eight detainees inside the jail squeeze themselves inside the small jail, resulting in a spread of skin infection.

2007-12-25T16:30:00.006+08:00

FIREMAN

Fire in Krus na Ligas, Quezon City last march 2007 that burned down only one house because of the fast response of fire brigade.

Photograph was published in TEMPO under Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.

2007-12-25T15:48:00.003+08:00

CHILDREN OF DICAPINISAN AURORA

Some children in Dicapinisan, Aurora stay at the backyard of their house. According to Elmer Dayson, Anakpawis leader in the community, children got traumatized after military troops displayed a dead body of an NPA member in public last June 2007 in the Elementary School. After that incident the military hamlet the community.

2007-12-14T01:47:00.003+08:00

OUST GLORIA

Bonifacio Day of protest rally in Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila City.

Makalipas na ang dalawang linggo sobrang gusto ko pa rin ang litrato na to, siguro dahil... mahabang kuwento... oust gloria!

2007-11-26T02:20:00.006+08:00

MIRROR IMAGEs

Children play with their bike on the flooded street muddled with oil in Dagat-dagatan, Caloocan City. The oil spill comes from the candy factory (reflected in the water) sewerage. According to the residents in the area, the oil waste coming from the factory causes skin diseases, fever, and incessant cough when inhaled.

Photograph was published in TEMPO under Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.

2007-11-26T00:46:00.004+08:00

FRAMED IN CANVAS

A man was about to trims down some tree branches to prevent casualties to residents nearby.

2007-11-23T03:01:00.005+08:00

GRENADE

A boy scavenging for copper wires tosses a can of soil at his rivals right after a fire that burned a residential area in Balara, Quezon City. Children rummage around for copper wires to sell in junk shops by the kilo.

Photograph was published in TEMPO under Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.

2007-11-22T18:10:00.007+08:00

DUMAGAT

At a time of threatening drought caused by insufficient rainfalls, Dumagat residents rest on a big rock at the shore of Angat Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan. During normal weather conditions, the water level reaches way above the rock, deterring the residents to dwell around the area. In August however, Angat Dam reached a critical level as low as 170 meters. National Water Resources Board (NWRB) then warned that there might be water supply cut-off in Metro Manila in the future if the abnormal weather conditions persist.

Photograph was published in TEMPO under Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.

2007-11-22T14:54:00.010+08:00

PRAYER

Children who lives along the Marilao River watch their unpleasant surrounding at the balcony of their home. The Marilao River is considered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as one of the dead rivers in the Philippines because it is heavily polluted. This poses danger on the livelihood of comminuties nearby.

Photograph was published in TEMPO under Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.