Borgy Angeles

When photographer Borgy Angeles stepped into the main hall of the Vogue Studios Philippines Launch Party, he was instantly drawn to the pulsing lights of the LED screens, which caught glimpses of the crowd in an otherwise dark room. For his photo diary, he shows a fascination with light and shadow, but also zooms into pockets of stillness amid the dancing.

Carved into the Kupapey mountainside are the Maligcong rice terraces, a dramatic landscape forged over generations of Bontoc families. In a feat of engineering, they built stone walls and shaped rice paddies following the contour of the slopes, directing the flow of water downward to irrigate the entire network of terraces below. The rice terraces epitomize what Augusto F.

From a viewpoint at Mirador Heritage and Eco Park in Baguio, the sun rises over crests of colored rooftops, half-shaded by the line of the mountains. Listen closely, and you’ll hear the low hum of a city bustling with life, textured by the whir of the wind. Baguio glows from this perspective. Color follows you through its streets. In the creative capital, craft is alive in vibrant city markets, electric tapestries from Narda’s, and flower farms that extend to the horizon.