urban – Gem's Photos and Videos

Night Photography in Poblacion (March and April 2022)

https://youtu.be/WXL242epeWk 01:45 I went to Poblacion, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines for three Saturdays in a row (March 19, 26, and April 2, 2022) to practice using my 7artisans manual focus…

gem August 7, 2022

Tainan Transportation

scooter delivery

Zoom In scooter delivery, Tainan City, June 2007

gem November 30, 2016

Graffiti Landscape Metro Manila

Barangka Drive graffiti

I first shot the graffiti on the walls surrounding this basketball court one night last year, in September 2015. When I passed by again in May, I saw that some…

gem June 10, 2016

Graffiti Landscape Metro Manila

Graffiti in Two Parking Lots on Quezon Avenue

Watch a two minute video of me shooting the two parking lots: They were both in parking lots along Quezon Avenue. As I mentioned in the video, the first piece…

gem June 5, 2016

Chile Writings Graffiti Travel

Cerro Polanco, Valparaiso, Chile

back to Chile 2014 main page Cerro Polanco, whose entrance is off of Av. Argentina, is a unique hill. While most steep Valparaiso cerros (hills) are accessible via ascensors (what…

gem April 16, 2014

Landscape Metro Manila Signs

billiard hall

Manila, Philippines, April 2011

gem April 14, 2014

Metro Manila People Signs

dental clinic

How many graphic representations of teeth do you see in this picture? Manila, April 2011

gem April 4, 2014

Chile Photo Posts Chile Places Chile Writings

Valparaiso Graffiti Tour

back to Chile 2014 main page Click here to see all my other Chile graffiti photos. This is a photo-heavy post, please wait for it to load. I was late…

gem April 3, 2014

Architecture Chile Journal Chile Writings

Impressions of Atlanta

back to Chile 2014 main page I had a six hour layover in Atlanta, my final stopover before Santiago, Chile. My first layover after departing Manila was two hours in…

gem March 25, 2014

Graffiti Metro Manila

big Quezon Avenue graffiti beside a parking lot

July, 2013

gem March 21, 2014

Metro Manila People

lotto folks

folks betting at the lottery booth in Tomas Morato, Quezon City, March 2011:

gem March 17, 2014

Indonesia People

two men crossing paths

Ubud, Bali, October 2011

gem March 11, 2014

Found Objects/ Structures Landscape Metro Manila

wooden shoe repairman’s cart in front of posts with politicians’ ads

San Andres, Manila, February 2010

gem March 9, 2014

Graffiti Metro Manila

seven graffiti photos from 2010

all photos here from 2010:

Roosevelt Ave., Quezon City

gem March 7, 2014

Architecture Night Singapore

Singapore night skyline

September 2011

gem February 25, 2014

Architecture Night Shanghai

Shanghai night skyline/ architecture

Pudong, Shanghai, August 2010

gem February 23, 2014

Found Objects/ Structures Landscape Metro Manila

ferris wheel in the middle of nowhere

vacant lot, Caloocan, March 2011

gem February 16, 2014

Found Objects/ Structures Landscape Metro Manila

urinal on a stone wall in an alley

Philippines, December 2011

gem February 13, 2014

Found Objects/ Structures Guam Metro Manila

three waiting sheds

Guam, November 2012

gem February 11, 2014

Landscape Metro Manila Signs

politicians’ names on a wall

Manila, February 2010

gem January 31, 2014

Found Objects/ Structures Singapore

peeling flyers on a wall in Little India

Singapore, September 2011

gem January 28, 2014

People Singapore Transportation

busy metro station

Singapore, September 2011

gem January 20, 2014

Hong Kong People

vendor selling buttons

Central, Hong Kong, March 2013 (mobile phone photo)

gem December 18, 2013

Graffiti Metro Manila

Aurora Boulevard graffiti shot five months apart

San Juan, Philippines, collage of two photos, one shot February 2013, one shot August 2013

gem December 9, 2013

Landscape Metro Manila Objects

no parking sign above a monobloc chair and a blue bench

Quezon City, Philippines, July 2013, mobile phone photo

gem December 6, 2013

Found Objects/ Structures Graffiti Indonesia

red plastic monobloc chair in front of graffiti

Bali, Indoneisa, october 2011

gem December 2, 2013

Landscape Night Taipei

pay phone booth at night

Taipei, Taiwan, May 2011

gem November 24, 2013

Metro Manila Night People

watching TV on the sidewalk

Manila, July 2013

gem October 31, 2013

Graffiti Videos

mystery graffiti. A pattern recognition adventure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9byOue6vsk click here to watch on YouTube if the embedded video above doesn't work. graffiti that's been popping up around the vicinity of Aurora Boulevard, Philippines with the words "air"…

gem October 3, 2013