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Recordando el metro; (Reminiscing the metro)
Iloilo City’s Dynamic Shift of Progress WRITTEN BY MDPN. JAN CHRISTIAN CATILO & MDPN. DANIEL JUSTINE BELONIO
“Iloilo City, now greater than ever, is ready to take back the title of ‘Queen’ once more”
Photo by Felix Laureano
The First Filipino Photographer
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The DOLPHIN | NOVEMBER 2021
Felix Laureano is widely considered to be the first Filipino photographer. He was born in Bugasong, Antique, but practiced his trade in Iloilo where he started his studios in Calle Iznart but later moved to Barcelona, Spain where he published his book “Recuerdos de Filipinas” which said to be the first and oldest coffee table book about the Philippines. He featured photographs mostly from Panay where shots from the old Iloilo stands
