boots on the street
... observing and documenting the human condition ...
Ask me anything
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hey joe … wait for me so i can take your picture
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no thanks … i think i’ll stand
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vegetable seller
Sidewalks on busy streets in Manila aren’t for walking. Mostly they serve as a Filipino cement front porch to the world.
Vegetable and meat sellers; stray dogs and cats; roosters; karaoke machines; motorcycles; mothers finishing laundry; children being bathed; cigarette vendors; and jeepney barkers are a few of the disparate elements of a sun-drenched menagerie that combine into an edge-of-the-seat rhythm of life that starts fresh with the dawn of each new day.
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we’re all connected
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the door is open
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can i take your pitcher?
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rolling through the world like dora
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we press play
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fashion angel
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the election song and dance
During election season in the Philippines, there’s a long tradition of using popular songs as a means to win votes in the the streets. The catchier the better. As the election season heats up, the frequency of vans, cars and motorcycles armed with loudspeakers broadcasting feel-good slogans increases by the hour.
Walking through the streets, I’ve heard PSY, Queen, Journey, Carly Rae Jepson, and many other popular artist’s songs changed to shout out lightweight messages wrapped around sugar sweet melodies.
I wonder if any of the politicians (and the political dynasties) who speak of reigning in corruption (all of them) have paid to use the music they’ve stolen and revised (copyright laws) as the theme music for their campaigns.
I already know the answer … ;)
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it’s a plaid, plaid, plaid world
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and then we’ll fly away
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life unfiltered
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