From a world-renowned photojournalist to a talented Broadway performer, here are five creatives you need to know in the Philippines
A world-renowned photojournalist, a talented Broadway performer, a visionary artist, a fashion designer that uplifts local communities and the principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. What do they all have in common? They’re all Gen.T honourees in the Philippines who are leading the way in the creative industries.
Here are five creatives you need to know in the Philippines.
Hannah Reyes Morales
Photographer
Best Known As an award-winning photographer whose work documents tenderness amid adversity and how resilience is embodied in daily life. Hannah Reyes Morales has reported on forced marriages in Cambodia, documented women’s experiences with assault in the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, the toll of Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and the "long-term effects of the colonisation of women’s bodies in the Philippines."
Need To Know Morales is a National Geographic explorer; she was also named a cultural leader by the World Economic Forum.
Quote “I think good photographs can elicit empathy, which I believe is one of the roots of change. Images can put a face to the statistics that we hear. It brings us closer to those at the intersections of inequity, of injustice, of poverty, of abuse. Images also have a power to shape the narratives around social justice issues,” she told Gen.T.
Did You Know? Morales’ work can be found in National Geographic, The New York Times and The Washington Post and she was selected to be part of the prestigious World Press Photo's Joop Swart Masterclass.
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