Artist Statement
At the turn of the twentieth century, American colonial photographers cemented perceptions of the Philippines as an uncivilized and primitive society. United States colonial administrators of the Philippines created a visual narrative of White saviorism to justify American presence in the Philippines. In my project titled Field Notes, I engage with archival images made during the American colonial period of the Philippines and create collages that deconstruct and critique the colonial gaze.
About Jason Reblando
Jason Reblando is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Illinois State University and a recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines. His work has been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, Politico, Camera Austria, Slate, Bloomberg Businessweek, Marketplace, MAS Context, Real Simple, Places Journal, Chicago Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Reader. His photographs are collected in the Library of Congress, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
