In remote areas along the coastline of northern Mindanao Island of the Philippines, there are countless fishery villages and mining towns. Regardless of the sub-standard and humble living conditions, Filipinos always maintain their happy-go-lucky joyful lifestyle. Due to limited resources available, children need to bring their own chairs back and forth to local churches when attending Sunday service.
Kirby Ma is a passionate Chinese Canadian photographer, currently based in Hong Kong, conducting street photography, portraits, landscape, cityscape, nature, and snaps. With the aid of various employment engagements, he could station in different countries such as Egypt, the Philippines, the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, etc. to have close encounters and a better understanding of the local culture and people to perform portraits and street photography extensively. His vision is to share the joy of photography and bring more happiness to the people.
