Street Photography https://journals.worldnomads.com/jessiejoie/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:22:26 GMT World Nomads Adventures This is the second time I am applying to a World Nomads Travel Photography Scholarship, and I guess you might say that I could get pretty stubborn. I am young and still hopeful that my many applications everywhere would amount to something. As an emerging and experimental photographer, I have touched many types of photography, but I have to say that portraits or simply photos with people in the frame is my specialty. I believe that nothing can be more expressive than the human form - whether it is a tiny shadow amidst a breathtaking landscape or the major point of the photograph. My standard approach to travel photography is the same, since I just taught myself how to wield a camera and have not really been trained by a proper mentor. That mentor would definitely make me discover other angles and styles than those I am accustomed to. I am a fresh graduate from the University of the Philippines, and the world is my playground - so much to learn, so little time. https://journals.worldnomads.com/jessiejoie/photos/40859/Hong-Kong/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Hong Kong jessiejoie https://journals.worldnomads.com/jessiejoie/photos/40859/Hong-Kong/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/jessiejoie/photos/40859/Hong-Kong/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Sun, 19 May 2013 12:20:00 GMT 0 My name is Jessie, and I am a student of the University of the Philippines Film Institute. As an emerging photographer, I admit that I have much to learn in terms of technique and taste, though the Film Institute provides me an avenue where I may explore and develop preferences for visual art. Through the guidance of the university’s faculty such as award-winning filmmaker Sari Dalena and cinematographer Nap Jamir, I realized my passion for fine art black and white photography and experimental cinema. My subjects are typically people, male or female, young or old, in a fixed studio shoot or in a public transportation boat. I discovered my preference for photographs that look as if these are painted. For this point in my life, I have chosen to produce works that are visually stunning and sometimes even surreal, but at the same time, emotive.<br/><br/>As a young photographer, this opportunity will enable me to explore and learn a facet of photography that is elusive to me: travel photography. It is very tough to pursue this trade when one comes from a developing country. Art is indeed a luxury in the Philippines, but, hopefully, with this scholarship I will be able to follow my dreams. https://journals.worldnomads.com/jessiejoie/photos/38879/Philippines/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Philippines jessiejoie https://journals.worldnomads.com/jessiejoie/photos/38879/Philippines/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/jessiejoie/photos/38879/Philippines/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:56:11 GMT 0