My Inner Eye

The 2008 Ian Parry Scholarship Award was bestowed to Vicente Jaime “VJ” Villafranca. This award is named after Ian Parry. According to the website, bananacake.org.uk, and I quote:

“Vicente Jaime “VJ” Villafranca is 26 years old and a former photojournalism student at the Asian Center for Journalism, Ateneo De Manila University. His portfolio of twelve black and white images followed the lives of gang members of the Chinese Mafia Crew living in downtown Manila. VJ lives and now works in Manila as a freelance photographer and has won various awards during and since leaving college.”

To you, VJ, Mabuhay ka! at Congratulations!

• ABS-CBN News on VJ
• Philippine Daily Inquirer on VJ