Housing painting and sculpture masterpieces by world-renowned Filipino artists such as Juan Luna, Guillermo Tolentino and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, the National Museum of Fine Arts dishes plenty of eye candy from its every square inch. Kept in this neoclassical building first built in 1921, are an abundance of historical artworks that rivals even some of the biggest museums and galleries around the world.
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| Erika in front of Juan Luna's The Spoliarium |
Therefore, the National Museum of Fine Arts is not only frequented by art aficionados, it is also a favorite place to mix art appreciation and some fine photography. On two separate occasions last year, I accompanied two lady friends Erika and Raisa to marvel at the artworks and to photograph them at every pretty corner of the museum.
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| Raisa in one of the many galleries inside |
Despite of the limitation of the lens I used shooting indoors, the result are images that could very well find itself hanging in a gallery wall someday.
Erika found me on Facebook through a common friend. She wanted to spend her free day in Manila before she goes back to Australia to explore and shoot some photos. I suggested we go to the National Museum particularly the Museum of Fine Arts building and to Intramuros.
Raisa meanwhile, is an old online friend and after we met the first time in BGC, we decided to schedule a trip to the National Museum weeks later. The result is another pseudo-photographer pro bono gig—which I don’t mind at all.
Here are some of the images I
took of them.
