San Diego’s photos challenge the singular history we’ve been taught, bringing to light the nuances that may get overlooked in the relentless pace of breaking news.
. These inform their decision-making and future planning. the youth in Marawi, Cotabato, and other areas,‘Bangsamoro ako,’ it entails a lot of pride. Their history is all about resistance – resistance to colonial occupation and how it drives them to do what they do, which is to work for other Bangsamoro.”He shares that Mindanao’s culture and way of life can at times be underrepresented in our media and he hopes to change that.
”If there’s anything he hopes to achieve with his work, San Diego wishes his photographs to be representatives of change and to serve as a call for better policies. “It’s representing these people in a big platform and better informing our policymakers on how they can craft more holistic policies that were previously inequitable to these people.