Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 52

Editing people out of a photo is not new. At a recent InLife presscon, Sharon Cuneta narrated how, after a quarrel, she pos...

Editing people out of a photo is not new.
At a recent InLife presscon, Sharon Cuneta narrated how, after a quarrel, she posted a family pic [Upper Left] with the head of her husband cut out. She regretted that. She then posted another family pic [Lower Left] this time with her head cut out and the caption: "It's a tie."
Editing someone out of a photo is easier today with a smartphone, but the process is quite old. During a short tour of the "Splendor" exhibition at the Ayala Museum la...

Photos from Ambeth R. Ocampo's post

AFTER THE GALLEONS...WHAT?
Was in Singapore last weekend, not for Taylor Swift but to deliver the opening Keynote at the International Conference on the Manila Galleon at the Asian Civilizations Museum (Thanks to archeologist Bobby Orillaneda for the pic).
Part of my remarks went into my Inquirer column today
https://opinion.inquirer.net/171922/a...





(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Freud and I mimicking an original self-portrait of Frida Kahlo and her monkey at the National Gallery of National Gallery Singap...

Freud and I mimicking an original self-portrait of Frida Kahlo and her monkey at the National Gallery of National Gallery Singapore We thought Frida the greater rockstar than Taylor Swift.



(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Freud and I in a museum today. Can you guess what the paintings in the background are? Where we are today?

Freud and I in a museum today. Can you guess what the paintings in the background are? Where we are today?



(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

My Inquirer column today is on a remarkable American woman who published a pamphlet on the Philippines in 1903. Helen Calista Wi...

My Inquirer column today is on a remarkable American woman who published a pamphlet on the Philippines in 1903. Helen Calista Wilson was described by Time Magazine in 1929 as a "tramp" and a "wanderlustful spinster." She reported on many things including the funeral of Apolinario Mabini.



(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE INDEED. Author Joel Donato Ching Jacob bought kutsinta in Los Baños recently and recognized my face on...

A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE INDEED.
Author Joel Donato Ching Jacob bought kutsinta in Los Baños recently and recognized my face on the wrapper.
The late E. Aguilar Cruz taught me long ago never to take myself too seriously because what is published in today's paper can be tomorrow's wrapper for dried fish, or worse, used to wipe someone's behind.



(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

TO commemorate Women's Month I have begun a series on HER-stories rather than HIS-tory.

TO commemorate Women's Month I have begun a series on HER-stories rather than HIS-tory.



(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Walking in the present, imagining the past,In a vanished time, this forgotten street in San Nicolas was lined with trees and ba...

Walking in the present, imagining the past,
In a vanished time, this forgotten street in San Nicolas was lined with trees and bahay-na-bato with red-tile roofs lined up to produce a vista of the spires of the Manila Cathedral in the distance. All that has given way to buildings, electric wires, and parked vehicles. The loss is not just visual, ambient noise from cars, unmuffled motorcycles, honking horns etc. won't allow us to hear and be blessed by the pealing of the Cathedral bells.



(Feed ge...

I read a prewar article long ago that hailed LAUREANA NOVICIO (1836-1906) as "the greatest mother in Philippine History." Her fi...

I read a prewar article long ago that hailed LAUREANA NOVICIO (1836-1906) as "the greatest mother in Philippine History." Her five sons were all prominent: Juan Luna (painter and later diplomat of the First Republic), Antonio Luna (scientist and later general in the Philippine-American War), Manuel Luna (violin virtuoso), Jose Luna (toxicologist), Joaquin Luna (Senator).
Laureana must have been a strong woman by the looks of her photograph (left) and a portrait by her son Juan (right) now ...

Kalayaan, the Katipunan newspaper circulated in 1896. Its masthead listed Yokohama its place of publication, to hide its true ad...

Kalayaan, the Katipunan newspaper circulated in 1896. Its masthead listed Yokohama its place of publication, to hide its true address on Lavezares street in San Nicolas, Manila.
The original house where the paper was printed was destroyed during the 1945 Battle for Manila, so the present historical marker has to be updated.
While it is surprising that the marker [Right] has not been stolen and sold for scrap metal yet, the historic site [Left] should be spruced up to value its contem...