Ulysses' Heart

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Philippines | Thursday, November 3, 2011 | 5 photos

For over 2000 years, the Ifugao, the people of central Luzon (Philippines), have built impressive terraces for rice cultivation in the mountains surrounding their villages. Terraces were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995, and today, Ifugao descendants surviving laboriously through agriculture, handicrafts and explotation of forest resources while trying to boost tourism in the area.

My name is Mario Pereda, and I was born in 1973 in Bilbao (Spain). In 1996 I started my studies in the Escuela Superior de Tenicos de la Imagen (EFTI) of Madrid, where I attended General, Professional and Master in Photography courses. Finding no work, I ended up as a soldier in the Spanish Air Forces. However, the passion for Photography is still alive in me and whenever I can, I escape with my camera to do what I really like. In the last years I have traveled around Europe, Asia and America and my photographs has been distinguished with more than 30 awards in several photo competitions. I know what I want and I think I can get do it well...