Gab Mejia
Conservation Photographer and Writer at Freelance
Writer and Columnist at The Manila Times
photographer, environmental storyteller, and engineer | @natgeo explorer
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Feb 4, 2024 |
vogue.ph | Gab Mejia
It was an eerie afternoon in September 2009, at the height of Typhoon Ketsana (locally named Ondoy), when my family’s home in Metro Manila became submerged in flood water. Our old family albums, artworks, tables, and wooden chairs bellowed in the depths of torrential rain from the distant ocean that ultimately surrounds our island nation. I rushed, climbing to the second floor of our house, a privilege, the last island left, as my family’s belongings slowly slipped away.
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Dec 7, 2023 |
vogue.ph | Gab Mejia |Daphne S. Sagun
To the lives lost and the lives forgotten in a sea that remembers, Gab Mejia dedicates his #CreateCOP28 winning entry “The Passage of Storms.” Out of all the applications from over 130 countries, Filipino photographer Gab Mejia takes home the victory for the #CreateCOP28 art competition organized by creative agency Art Partner and the United Nations.
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Dec 5, 2023 |
bbc.com | Gab Mejia
The houses built to survive floodsBy Gab MejiaFeatures correspondentGab MejiaMarites Babanto, an indigenous Manobo leader of Lake Panlabuhan, paddles her baroto – a traditional wooden canoe – through her floating community (Credit: Gab Mejia)The Manobo indigenous people live and thrive on a vast wetland in the Philippines – despite dealing with dozens of storms and floods per year. What can we learn from them?
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RT @solisolsoli: Thief of the Moon, 1924, by Norman Lindsay https://t.co/zP4hDUl6MV
A privilege that “The Passage of Storms” has been awarded 1st-place by ArtPartner, @AtmosMag , and @UN for the #CreateCOP28 Art competition, which will be exhibited in the United Nations Headquarters from December 8 onwards in time for #COP28 in bringing our stories forward! 🌊 https://t.co/fNzjeVKlvk
it was so difficult but the moment i came out of the closet, and loved myself w/ kindness— everything just flows now. found a loving community & beloved friends. created new art. so much travels around the world. new photo projects. there is magic in being who you truly are
