Text & photos by Manuel Librodo
Photography has been defined by some as painting with light. I would define it as painting with life. When I started to take on photography as a hobby, little did I suspect that it was more than just shooting faces and capturing sceneries. The deeper I got into photography, the more I realised that photography is a medium to showcase a person’s character and to capture precious memories. It is a means to immortalise life.
Every person I meet in my travels is an essential part of the world I live in, even just for that brief moment of our encounter. When I take their photo, I am sharing not only my art but also their life. What I capture is a mirror of how I feel and see. This is when I usually realise how simple life can be.
My favourite subjects are kids. They have genuine, spontaneous and unadulterated spirit. They mirror your sentiments and moods even if you are behind the camera. They smile when you smile, laugh when you laugh, cry when you cry. How they embrace life with innocence and purity comes as a reminder to us that life is actually very simple. In the world we live in, life is a rush. We have to move all the time. We dream big and we pursue it relentlessly. When we achieve that cherished dream, we aspire for something bigger.
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