Archive - Reading Photographs Newsletter

RP Newsletter on the road - Pt. 1 Bangkok

When pictures punch you awake, how royalty uses photography, and pictures as indicators of aesthetic and identity.

May 13 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

February 2025

RP Newsletter on the road - Pt 0: What’s next is only the beginning

Thoughts from an action packed first month of 2025 and before heading out to Siem Reap.

Feb 7 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

January 2025

RP Newsletter 20: Create your own energy

Looking back in 2024, Looking towards 2025, and other upcoming things

Jan 10 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

August 2024

RP Newsletter 19: How they photograph (vol. 1)

A (possible?) series writing down my observations of how various PH photographers work.

Aug 18, 2024 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

July 2024

RP Newsletter 18: A Decade of reading photographs

Reflecting on the past through a conversation I had with a friend nearly a decade ago.

Jul 27, 2024 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

March 2024

RP Newsletter 17: Arts Month Photo land recap

My favourite works and moments from the two fairs, some thoughts on the Worldpress photo Exhibit, and is the fair system the only way to play?

Mar 18, 2024 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

January 2024

RP Newsletter 16: The year of making sense

Looking back at 2023 and listing down things I want to see for 2024! Plus, are we at a great era of photography writing? And other stuff

Jan 21, 2024 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

March 2023

RP Newsletter 15: Commemorating the anniversary of the Philippine Lockdowns with Tokyo Nobody

Sharing some thoughts on Masatako Nakano's 2000's photobook of an empty tokyo, some events happening around the metro

Mar 15, 2023 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

12:13

February 2023

RP Newsletter 14: Have you ever been afraid of a photobook?

Finally unboxing Patrick Tsai's book, announcing my super special project, and some upcoming photoland events

Feb 7, 2023 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

9:55

January 2023

RP Newsletter 13: Post FotomotoPH thoughts

Reflecting on the 2nd edition of Fotomoto, some realizations because of the festival, and some new year hopes and predictions for PH Photoland.

Jan 12, 2023 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

November 2022

RP Newsletter #12: A letter to Ray Albano

Raymundo Albano is the museum director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines from 1971 until his death in 1985. This is a letter for the Quasimodo…

Nov 22, 2022 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

September 2022

RP Newsletter #11: I have no idea what is happening anymore and that's ok.

Life updates, Surveying Filipino Photographers and the Diaspora, On Banal Images, and extremely late Philippine ArtFair Photo 2022 thoughts

Sep 5, 2022 •

Angelo Gian De Mesa

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