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PHOTO
OF THE WEEK
SUNSET IN HIDING
“Shooting” the sunset
was the dream of photojournalist Gene Boyd Lumawag, 26, of MindaNews –
felled by an assailant’s bullet Nov. 12 in Jolo, Sulu in southern
Philippines after taking pictures of the island’s sunset. Condemning the
murder for its utter senselessness, his colleagues in Manila staged a
protest action Nov. 17 against the latest spate of media killings, with
Manila Bay’s legendary sunset as the backdrop in recognition of the slain
young journalist’s dream photo shoot. Well, the sun wasn’t as cooperative
as they would have wanted it to be that day, as a typhoon was brewing
then, but the journalists who carried torches and placards didn’t mind it
one bit: they were after all rallying first and foremost to keep more of
their colleagues from being dragged into the night, as Gene Boyd was after
photographing the last rays of daylight.
Photo by Aubrey SC Makilan/
Bulatlat
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