LOOK: Geloy Concepcion Launches a New Free Photo Exhibit on Love and Family in Escolta

(SPOT.ph) Love comes in many shapes and forms and, in turn, it is also expressed in many different yet profound ways. But when words escape us, how else can we show it?

For someone like documentary photographer and artist Geloy Concepcion, photography may be the next best medium. Concepcion's latest photo project turns his lens toward his own life, documenting his experiences as a father and husband as he explores a tender question: "Can love really be photographed?" But unlike his earlier work, Things You Wanted to Say But Never Did, which was mostly online and took years to see IRL, his newest work is on exhibit now here in Manila. Here's a look at the exhibit Can Love Really Be Photographed.

Concepcion’s latest photo book and its accompanying exhibit, titled Can Love Really Be Photographed?, is now on view at his new Bad Days Are Temporary Studio in the First United Building in Escolta, Manila. This personal visual diary is the artist's most personal work to date, encompassing more than 10 years of photos he took of his daily life with his wife, Bea, and daughter, Narra.

Through this new project, visitors are invited to take a closer look at Concepcion’s family life and join him in his quest to look for love and tenderness even in the simplest and most mundane moments. For those who have followed his young family through the years, the exhibit is also a heartwarming chronicle of bubbly Narra growing up before everyone’s eyes. 

Photos and sketches fill the walls of his new studio in Escolta, while words from filmmaker, writer, and art curator Erwin Romulo provide visitors with a deeper perspective on the inspiration and sentiments behind the new body of work. 

“When we get too old to remember, these photographs will be my proof of the life we shared,” Concepcion scribbled under the largest piece for the exhibit, which also graces the cover of the accompanying photo book.

Only 500 copies of the “Can Love Really Be Photographed?” photo book were printed. So whether you’re a new or long-time collector of Concepcion’s published works, you better be quick if you want to grab this one. As of writing, copies of the photo book are still available at Concepcion’s studio in Escolta, and will be available online on November 15.

 Can Love Really Be Photographed? exhibit runs until January 10, 2027, at the Bad Days Are Temporary Studio, located on the 4th Floor, Unit 422, First United Building in Escolta, Manila. The exhibit is free to visit and open every Friday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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