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My name is Ian, I'm a landscape photographer based in the Cordillera Region of the Philippines, capturing the natural beauty of the mountains, falls, rice terraces and people of the land with my trusty Canons.

Asking Nothing Bukidnon - 2025 This series was made during a hike through Paminahawa Ridge and the rivers and waterfalls...
01/08/2026

Asking Nothing
Bukidnon - 2025

This series was made during a hike through Paminahawa Ridge and the rivers and waterfalls of CEDAR in Bukidnon. Moving through heat, rain, cold campsites, mountain trails, and freezing water, the experience gradually shifted away from the usual pressures of landscape photography and toward something quieter and more open.

There was no need for the landscape to perform, and no need to force meaning from it. The weather changed constantly, the terrain demanded presence, and the days unfolded without resistance. What remained was a sense of freedom found through movement itself — walking ridgelines beneath shifting skies, scrambling through rivers over tired legs, and standing before the distant silhouette of Mt. Dulang-Dulang and the Kitanglad Range.

The photographs became less about spectacle and more about participation: moments shaped by immersion, curiosity, and the temporary suspension of expectation.
Asking Nothing reflects a landscape that did not require conquest or explanation, only presence.

An Ordinary FaithThis series was made during a journey through Batangas, moving between churches, roads, small towns, an...
07/06/2026

An Ordinary Faith

This series was made during a journey through Batangas, moving between churches, roads, small towns, and landscapes shaped by both devotion and daily life. From the birthplace of the balisong to the view of Taal Volcano, the photographs were less concerned with spectacle and more drawn toward quieter moments — gestures of routine, stillness, and continuity.

As I moved through these spaces, I became interested in how faith reveals itself not only through grand symbols, but through repetition and presence: in the care given to places of worship, in the movement of people, in statues worn by time, and in the landscapes that continue to hold these practices together.
The work reflects a quieter form of observation — one that sees faith not as performance, but as something lived steadily and carried through everyday motion.

Where Light Rests is a free wallpaper collection featuring photographs made throughout 2025.The work grew out of a desir...
10/05/2026

Where Light Rests is a free wallpaper collection featuring photographs made throughout 2025.

The work grew out of a desire to reconnect with nature and move more attentively through the world. Across mountains, coastlines, and quiet moments on the road, the camera became less about capturing spectacle and more about learning how to observe with care.

Spending time with the landscape has continually reminded me of the interbeing between humanity and the earth — that we are not separate from the environments we move through, but deeply shaped by them. In that way, photography has become a practice of understanding, reflection, and compassion.

This collection is a small thank you to everyone who has supported my work online and in person this year.

Free to download.
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Drift NorthDrift North traces a quiet movement along the northern coastline, where land meets sea and the road becomes a...
03/05/2026

Drift North

Drift North traces a quiet movement along the northern coastline, where land meets sea and the road becomes a line of passage. The images were made without fixed intention—guided instead by attention to what reveals itself in fragments.

Working outside my usual terrain, the sea introduced a different rhythm: less insistent, more open. The act of moving became central—pausing, observing, continuing—allowing the work to unfold through presence rather than pursuit.

Ilocos, a land tied to inheritance, carries both distance and familiarity. Within it, the experience shifts between a subtle push forward and a gentle pull inward, held together by an underlying sense of direction that remains largely unseen.

The work situates itself in this tension—between movement and stillness, between being led and choosing to go—where the landscape is not only observed, but encountered as a continuous, shaping force.

Ugmad (to take root)Ugmad is a Bisaya word that means to take root, but this series didn’t begin with grounding myself. ...
12/01/2026

Ugmad (to take root)

Ugmad is a Bisaya word that means to take root, but this series didn’t begin with grounding myself. It began with a pull.

Throughout this trip, I felt a quiet sense of wonder—like an invisible tether tied somewhere in my chest, gently guiding me forward. Not dragging. Not demanding. Just there. I moved freely, yet never felt lost. Every street, shoreline, port, and path felt both new and strangely familiar, as if I was being led rather than choosing where to go.

Born and raised in the north, my sense of place has always been shaped by mountains and distance. But my grandmother’s roots trace back to Cebu, and somewhere between Cebu City, Santiago Port, and Bantayan Island, that lineage stopped feeling abstract. It wasn’t memory calling me back—it was curiosity pulling me through.

The photographs drift between city scenes, ports, mangroves, beaches, farms, parks, and ruins. Shot in black and white, the images strip away distraction and lean into texture, form, and movement. What remains is the quiet rhythm of place—light passing through leaves, structures shaped by time, land meeting water without ceremony.

Mangrove roots became a recurring presence. Exposed, tangled, reaching in all directions at once. They grow without urgency, adapting to tides and terrain, anchored yet flexible. In them, I saw a reflection of inheritance—not as something fixed, but something alive, constantly negotiating where it stands.

There was no moment of arrival. No single revelation. Just a steady unfolding. A feeling of being welcomed without introduction. Of walking unfamiliar ground that didn’t resist my presence.

Ugmad is not about returning home.
It’s about moving forward while being gently held by where you come from.
Exploring with wonder.
Rooted without standing still.

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