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Cadaver

The mother of Guillermo Jacobe stares at his cadaver in small mausoleum in the town of Basey, Samar. His sister, Remedios, dreamt that he was asking to be exhumed out of his grave a few months after he passed away due to an intestinal complication in 1981. As his parents opened the grave, they discovered …

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Typhoon Yolanda

A sculpture honoring the victims of Typhoon Yolanda sits atop a mass grave in a roundabout at the border of Palo and Tanauan in Leyte. Photo for @burndiary by @vjvillafranca #silhouette #kids #dusk #cross #roundabout

Makeup

Joelle putting on makeup to join a pre-Halloween party in Cubao Expo in Manila. #harajuku #contrast #wig #monochrome

Daily Commuters

The daily commuter in Manila takes jeepneys as one of the main mode of transportation. Jeepneys were refurbished from the American time to take in commuters and move around on different routes. Photo for @burndiary by @vjvillafranca. #jeepney #commute #drive #traffic #cityjams

Caed x Fern.

Caed x Fern. Quezon City, 2014. Day 2 of my Instagram take over. Follow me as I take over the @burndiary Instagram feed this week. – @vjvillafranca #son #caeden #fern #doublex #monochrome #contrast

Thank You

@miho_kajioka My week of BurnDiary is ending and this is the last post. It was my first time to use Instagram, so my first task was to open my account and learn how it works. Also it is very rare for me to use colors. I usually do black and white, and they are all …

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Are you Japanese?

About 15 years ago when I was visiting Berlin, I met a Japanese girl who was born and raised in Berlin. It was at our mutual friend’s flat. She asked me “Are you Japanese?” in Japanese. I said “Yes.”. “Where in Japan?” she asked. “Okayama.” I answered. “Where in Okayama?” she asked. “Tsuyama” I answered. …

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Visited my friend’s house. –Miho Kajioka http://mihokajioka.com facebook.com/mihokajiokartist

Hello October.

Hello October. Today, I found a lot of Higanbana on the riverside, its English name is Lycoris radiata or a red spider lily, a wild flower we see from August to the beginning of autumn. When the bright red color starts to fade we know that autumn has arrived. Those brown leaves under the flowers …

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