PAK !

Brian Sergio
PAK !

Photographs: Brian Sergio

Text: Brian Sergio

Publisher: Dienacht publishing

Pictures: 60

Year: 2017

Price: 35 €

Comments: Softcover in a slipcase, 265 x 185 mm. First edition, 2017. Black & white photographs. Design by Calin Kruse. Edition limited to 200 copies.

PAK! Pak! is an onomatopoeia whic imitates the sound of impact.

Inside these pages are the portraits of people I encounter everyday. What fascinates me about them is their collective rebellion against inhibitions and acceptable behavior in what is largely a conservative Catholic society. Some of them are friends, some I had an intimate relationship with, and some are strangers, but I can identify with them within my environment. Just the act of taking these photos have subjected me to the same criticisms that most of them have encountered.

In a way, it is an attempt to expose the world behind the façade that most Filipinos aspire to.