My experience when I went to Naga last January opened my eyes and lens to the provincial life. Here's a hodge podge of color and monochrome captures of people and places in my father's hometown.

A very old house in the block of Jacob St.

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In my father's house, a collection of books and memories circa 1920's

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a candle vendor's child peeking at me in San Francisco Church.

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A carabao in the fields (obvious ba?).

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A shack near the airport in Pili.

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an eager balloon customer

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A kid in the Bukid.

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The sister of the kid in the bukid.

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Washing Day.

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a beggar near Sta. Isabel School


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The housecat.

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In my father's house, a collection of books and memories circa 1920's

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/386011031_4b67af0eeb.jpg ey Aly, i like the way you PP this one..wheres your house in Naga?
wow your dad has a huge collection,

wonder how much its worth at Ebay? :)
nice captures btw. you really got a "slice of provincial life" there..

The housecat.

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love the lighting on this one..:)

Great shots, Aly. This one here's my favorite. The colors and texture are striking,
the expression is captured, and it is a well composed image.

A kid in the Bukid.

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The reflective expression of the carabao amuses me.
Malalim ang carabao na yan:Grin:

A carabao in the fields (obvious ba?).

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1920's! Wow, golden era of our history! I wanna see them! Esp old pics!

ey Aly, i like the way you PP this one..wheres your house in Naga?
wow your dad has a huge collection,

wonder how much its worth at Ebay? :)
nice captures btw. you really got a "slice of provincial life" there..


1920's! Wow, golden era of our history! I wanna see them! Esp old pics!

Hi, Mario and Jerry! My dad was born 1921 and some of the books were already there before he was born. My grandparents were both teachers and they had some books and pictures dated pre-war. But we dared not touch them as they were too brittle. My dad is still strong at 86.

Our house is in Jacob st. near Sta. Isabel School, walking distance from the Cathedral.

I tried to take pictures of the old pictures so that I could restore them. Will try to post some of them in their original state.

love the lighting on this one..:)

That's only available light. The cat was in the dirty kitchen waiting for some scraps of our lunch.

Great shots, Aly. This one here's my favorite. The colors and texture are striking,
the expression is captured, and it is a well composed image.

Thank you Pia. This boy was curious as to the (relatively) big camera I was using so he kept on looking and yet hesitant to approach me. I followed him up to when he reached their (bamboo) fence and he glanced back before he entered their home.

I like the expression I captured.

The reflective expression of the carabao amuses me.
Malalim ang carabao na yan:Grin:

The carabao was probably thinking, who the @%#!@ is taking my picture without asking my permission?

When I was taking pictures I noticed some slithering things in the trail. When I got back to the house, my cousins said there were a lot of snakes (cobras to be exact) in the field and they occassionally cross the trail. Mabuti na lang ang concentration ko yung sa kalabaw! Whew!

Aly, you should have had him/her (carabao) sign a model release form:D

Quote:
"The carabao was probably thinking, who the @%#!@ is taking my picture without asking my permission?"

In my father's house, a collection of books and memories circa 1920's

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Priceless collection.

Aly, you should have had him/her (carabao) sign a model release form:D

Quote:
"The carabao was probably thinking, who the @%#!@ is taking my picture without asking my permission?"

No read, No write yung kalabaw e. So, I just asked his manager. :)

More pics of the provincial house.

The wall of recognition

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Staircase

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Window to the world.

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Priceless collection.

The collection is Priceless indeed but its the memories thats more treasured than the books. The painting in the top middle part of the picture is an image of my uncle who perished in the fall of Bataan. He comandeered a platoon that made the last stand in the Pilar-Bagac area before they were killed by the Japanese. Below is an artist's interpretation of how he was killed based on a lone survivor's story.

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1920's! Wow, golden era of our history! I wanna see them! Esp old pics!

Jerry, Here's a sample of an unretouched picture from the old photo albums in the library.

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That's my uncle at the back in the striped shirt with the body building pose. This picture was taken before WWII when he was still a student.

Jerry, Here's a sample of an unretouched picture from the old photo albums in the library.

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That's my uncle at the back in the striped shirt with the body building pose. This picture was taken before WWII when he was still a student.

Priceless collection you have here. Was this also taken in your provincial house?

Priceless collection you have here. Was this also taken in your provincial house?

Thanks, Andrew! I think this was taken at a Men's Club way back then. Some sort of a YMCA.

these are great pictures aly,

maybe you should start an ancestral homes thread..:) it'll be great knowing old houses in the Philippines, we have a rich history of those and some members may have pics of those houses that havent been published before..:)

maurag asin magagayon na pics..
kababayan! taga-naga man po ako..


share ko lang nangyari sa naga city coliseum after typhoon reming..
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r225/rael818/naga.jpg

these are great pictures aly,

maybe you should start an ancestral homes thread..:) it'll be great knowing old houses in the Philippines, we have a rich history of those and some members may have pics of those houses that havent been published before..:)

I thought of that but these are my only pictures of old houses. I'll try to take more before I start the thread. Thanks again, Mario!

maurag asin magagayon na pics..
kababayan! taga-naga man po ako..


share ko lang nangyari sa naga city coliseum after typhoon reming..
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r225/rael818/naga.jpg

Maraming Salamat, Rael! I don't speak bicolano but I guess you were talking about my pictures. During Typhoon Reming, according to my cousin, a portion of our roof in our house in Jacob st. flew and the chicken coop got destroyed as well. Quite catastrophic for Naga City.

Ei Aly.. nice collection of old pictures and memorabilia! you better have them stored properly before its too late....the humidity here in the phils is a killer.

I like the pictures of your uncles and the artist interpretation of his bravery! Historical!

WOW! WOWOWWW! I would do anything to be able to go back to that time in our history with my D200 and 10,000 CF cards! I can stare at this pic all day. Hmmm I wonder what it feels like to wear 'em white shoes and have my hair slick back like that. :)

Jerry, Here's a sample of an unretouched picture from the old photo albums in the library.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/387118290_ad5b082073.jpg

That's my uncle at the back in the striped shirt with the body building pose. This picture was taken before WWII when he was still a student.

Aly this is awesome! Classic. You documented as much as possible during your visit. The old picture is very classic to me.

Red, Jerry and Jerome, I have more pics. I just don't have the spare time to post it yet. Stay tuned to this thread. More to come.