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The Passing of Light

photo exhibit by

Emmanuel Santos

September 6 – October 2, 2007

Silverlens Gallery

Drawing inspiration from the Renaissance period, Melbourne-based photographer Emmanuel Santos presents and illuminating and theatrical series of angels and biblical visions in the exhibition The Passing of Light. It shows at the Silverlens gallery from 6 September to 2 October 2007. For over a decade, Santos has researched sacred texts to present a conceptual interpretation of legends and myths surrounding the ephemeral domains of the divine.

The 38 photographs presented here draw on the holy scriptures of the Bible, the Torah, and the Koran. In all of the works, Santos presents a dramatic backdrop of recognizable places from ancient, sacred sites to the bustling, modern metropolis of famous cities. In the foreground, Santos’s angels fly, swoop, listen, crouch, comfort, or salvage lost faith, broken trust and innocence – according to their individual narratives.

Born in the Philippines in 1957, Emmanuel Santos migrated to Melbourne in 1982. A photo essayist specializing in areas of ethnology, spirituality and social documentary, Santos began his photographic career working for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.

Most of his work since the late 1980’s has focused on the Jewish Diaspora, which he has photographed throughout the world. Santos’ photographs are included in dozens of Museum collections and he has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Belguim, France, the Ukraine, Israel and Brazil. His work is also widely collected and published. This is his first show in the Philippines.

You can see some of his works at http://web.mac.com/etsantos

Silverlens gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Warehouse 2, Yupangco Building. Gallery hours are 10 to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays and 1 to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information, call 8160044 or email manage@silverlensphoto.com.

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