Along the northeastern coast of Mindanao Island of the Philippines, amidst the deserted villages in the region, there is a small population of native Filipinos.
The natives, still live a primitive lifestyle within their villages and have darker skin color, traditional dialect, and culture, that is very different from that of the local Filipinos.
In the photo, the fence of that facility symbolizes a cultural wall.
The natives and I are both strangers to each other.
At their local community, I was a foreigner to them.
While in the modern world, they would become foreigners.
Kirby Ma is a passionate Chinese Canadian photographer based in Hong Kong, practicing street photography, portraits, landscape, cityscape, nature, and snaps.
Due to the nature of previous employment engagements, he was stationed in different countries such as Egypt, the Philippines, the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, etc., and had close encounters and a better understanding of the local culture and people to extensively perform portraits and street photography.
His vision is to share the joy of photography and bring more happiness to the people.
Awards Year 2023
BIFA: 1 Bronze Award and 2 Honorable Mentions;
PX3: 1 Honorable Mention;
IPA: 1 Honorable Mention.
