Black and white photography: Sa Pisngi ng Langit.
Text by: Nonnette C. Bennett, photos by Dave Leprozo, Jr.
Spencer Chua photographs a flying bird above the carts that have not budged.
Some 18 photographers opened on 7 September 2025 an exhibit entitled, “Sa Pisngi ng Langit” at the Luisa’s Café along Session Road.
Egay Aguilar shows opposite directions on different road levels.
“What you see here are not just photographs. They are vignettes of the city’s spirit,” said organizer Luis Liwanag.
Jorge Lucas shows the hustle at Hilltop Market in the early morning when middlemen cart away goods to sell.
“The exhibit was born from the streets where life unfolds raw, unscripted, and unrepeatable. Out there, we don’t just see,” says Liwanag. “The street teaches us to listen, to immerse, to find our vision and our voice,” he adds.
Frank Cimatu says, “They’re mapping the soul of Baguio. This is the Baguio that tourists should discover.”
Cindy Aquino shows a law abiding citizen who crosses on the zebra lines when no one is looking.
Cindy Aquino eavesdrops as a man obediently crosses the street while no one is looking. A disciplined City with law abiding citizens.
Egay Aguilar captures the hustle and bustle with a man going the opposite direction of a car on different levels.
Jorge Lucas captures how vegetables are carted away by middle men who rush to transport their goods.
Joey de Castro has a fleeting shadow under the streetlight.
Spencer Chua suspends the flying bird and the carts that bring vegetables and goods from one site to another.
This is the character of the City that no one actually minds because this is mundane but real.
