Johann Espiritu puts on his photographer hat again after two years with Evil Postcards and Other Beautiful Stories. A lawyer by profession, Espiritu takes a break to pay “homage to the experience of beauty”. Inspired by the line “Evil be thou my good” in Milton’s Paradise Lost, Espiritu captures everyday objects to delve into, and perhaps challenge the universal experience of beauty.

His work is like browsing through an off-tangent family album. There is still that sense of capturing a moment, the snapshot memory, and the souvenir postcard of an unforgettable trip. But the lens is on the experience rather than the person experiencing it. The colors are vivid yet basic in the natural light, and the images devoid of action. In the stillness, Espiritu brings to light the hush of the moment that just was. Beauty resides in the viewer more so than in the object he is looking at.

Evil Postcards and Other Beautiful Stories is Espiritu’s experience of beauty, taking in the calm, and collecting the many moments that make life more interesting. The show is his album of evil postcards and other beautiful stories.

Related Gallery Event: The Snapshot as Fundamental Photography: A Lecture by Johann Espiritu on August 28, Saturday, 3pm at Silverlens Gallery.

For inquiries, please contact 816- 0044, 0917-5874011, email [email protected] or log on www.silverlensphoto.com / slab.silverlensphoto.com. Silverlens Gallery is located at 2/F YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10AM–7PM and Saturdays 1–6PM.

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