ChrisVillacillo C
hris is a 26-year old artist and photographer from Canada. He was born and raised in Cebu, Philippines and moved to Canada with his family in 2006 where he studied and practiced visual arts. To him, his photographs speak of who he is and how he sees the world. He hopes to have his own studio one day and still continue to make art. WSI: How did your journey into the photography world start? CV: It started pretty early for me. I was probably around seven or nine years old when I acquired a Konica automatic film camera from my parents. I don’t know where it is anymore but I remember going through rolls of film with it without caring for whatever came out of it. I developed an interest in photography as a serious hobby when I was in my teenage years but never considered it as an art form until I was 20. The rest as they say, is history. WSI: Your photographs are stunning! What it is about photography as a way of communication, that you love? CV: Thank you. Photography to me is my immediate visual experience of the world and being able to show that experience to an audience really is sharing the memories and things that fascinate me. In a way, and I say this in a personal level, understanding my photographs is sort of getting to know me, who I am, and how I see the world.
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