This is a tale of two artists who use walls as their canvas.
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 1 min read
We see two men atop the giant balete tree in Baler. Are there more creatures we cannot see?
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 3 min read
Bidoy is from the southern Palawan town of Balabac. When he gathers enough river pearls from his area, he travels to northern Palawan, the other end of the…
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 1 min read
In Sombrero Island (Aborlan, Palawan), I noticed these two boys walking around holding on to the front part of their shorts to prevent the cloth from touching…
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 1 min read
I thought it would be an interesting dynamic to set a budjang (lady) in her colorful, traditional Tausug habul and biyatawi against the military patterns of…
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 1 min read
I felt the strong urge to head back to shore before light vanished completely; I wasn’t taking any chances. Who knew if the setting might take an entirely…
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 4 min read
#ProjectLarawan. Profiles of the Filipino. One portrait at a time. Project Larawan is an initiative of Gabriel “Gabby” Malvar, a documentary filmmaker, writer…
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 6 min read
Mang Boy Molejon moved to Bataraza in southern Palawan in the mid-‘70s from Quezon Province. Back then, he would sell fish to the mining engineers and workers…
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 2 min read
In Siquijor — an island known for love potions — newlyweds depart Lazi Church in their transport of choice.
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 1 min read
The first time I saw and heard Ye Gas sing was in 2010, at Punta Isla at Lake Sebu.
GABRIEL MALVAR · · 3 min read
