m i c h a e l V m a n a l o
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Life has always been a fascination to me. From those inevitable school fights during the elementary years to those wild days of puberty. From the lonesome people in the parks to the 8-inched mohawked people during concerts. From feeling someone else's warmth to dealing with the blackness within. There were a lot of emotions - pain, glee, love and warmth, glory, success, failures, torture, jealousy, excitement, rage, pride. All these converged and met at a common point in time and space and created who I am, what I am and what I want to become.Vast images come to my mind each day, some even forgotten along the way, but some are retained so I try to rebuild it ias soon as I could. I always try my best to forge images that come from the deepest roots of my imagination. I honestly didn't know that I took up a quest when I started making these. An ineveitable quest to free peopl'e minds, to allow them to withdraw from reality and dig into a wild roller coaster of a vivid dream.I love life, even though it tempts me not to. I still try to wake up every day with much inspiration from my dreams and thoughts and I would always try to forge these images as though I've taken a picture of it.
Life has always been a fascination to me. From those inevitable school fights during the elementary years to those wild days of puberty. From the lonesome people in the parks to the 8-inched mohawked people during concerts. From feeling someone else's warmth to dealing with the blackness within.
There were a lot of emotions - pain, glee, love and warmth, glory, success, failures, torture, jealousy, excitement, rage, pride. All these converged and met at a common point in time and space and created who I am, what I am and what I want to become.
Vast images come to my mind each day, some even forgotten along the way, but some are retained so I try to rebuild it ias soon as I could.
I always try my best to forge images that come from the deepest roots of my imagination.
I honestly didn't know that I took up a quest when I started making these. An ineveitable quest to free peopl'e minds, to allow them to withdraw from reality and dig into a wild roller coaster of a vivid dream.
I love life, even though it tempts me not to. I still try to wake up every day with much inspiration from my dreams and thoughts and I would always try to forge these images as though I've taken a picture of it.
C V
Born in the Philippines on 1986. Drew at the age of 3. Used charcoal at the age of 12. Frustrated painter at the age of 16. Fell in love with photography at 21. Manipulated images a few months after.EXHIBITS:One Hour Photo - American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Washington, DCPUBLICATIONS:Blanket Magazine (USA)Issue 21: Rock, Paper, ScissorsFotoblur (USA)Issue 2: Summer 2009Issue 3: Fall 2009Issue 4: Winter 2009Issue 5: Spring 2010Stone Magazine (USA) Issue 21: Issue DowntownTomate de Arbol(Argentina)Issue 2: LuckIssue 3: End of Times (Magazine Cover)Carpaccio Magazine (Italy)Issue # 14: "Alea iacta est"AWARDS and FEATURES:Daily Deviations (DD) from DeviantArt on my works: "It camouflaged reality" "First dew"Proteus Mag:Artist of the day - January 12, 2010Awesome ArtistThe Phase CollectiveJanuary 2010RIPSEY'S 500+Artist no. 432Thecrik.com- Lounge and Photography sectionImagekind blog- An interviewCLIENTS:Гусар Рома (Ukraine)Infactor(Germany) June 1974(Italy)Agrajag (USA)
Born in the Philippines on 1986. Drew at the age of 3. Used charcoal at the age of 12. Frustrated painter at the age of 16. Fell in love with photography at 21. Manipulated images a few months after.
EXHIBITS:
PUBLICATIONS:
Blanket Magazine (USA)
Fotoblur (USA)
Stone Magazine (USA)
Tomate de Arbol(Argentina)
Carpaccio Magazine (Italy)
AWARDS and FEATURES:
"It camouflaged reality"
"First dew"
Artist of the day - January 12, 2010
Awesome Artist
January 2010
CLIENTS:
T h e m e s
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