Luzviminda: Look into the inner workings of a start-up archive for Philippine Photography

Katya Guerrero (Founder), Lara de Los Reyes (Digitization and Photo Restoration), Miguel Gomez II (Post-processing and File Management), Louis de Mesa (Printing and Framing), with special guest JPaul Manzanilla (Independent Researcher) will give annotations about Philippine photography as the Luzviminda team discuss their challenges:

• To gain the trust of photo practitioners
• To find a team to work on the archive
• To save photographs through digitization and photo restoration
• To find a system of managing the archive’s assets: both physical and digital
• To find partners, sponsors, and collaborators
• To create a collectors base interested in photography
• To fulfill the promise of helping photo practitioners financially

ArtFairPH/Talks features daily discussions presented in partnership with the Ateneo Art Gallery, Museum Foundation of the Philippines, and the international publication, ArtReview. Art Fair Philippines 2021 runs from 6-15 May 2021.