(SPOT.ph) Aeson Baldevia is a photographer whose works are very much influenced by his provenance and experiences. Born and raised in Silay City, Negros Occidental, he tends to value the past more than the ordinary image-maker.

While his pictures have made it to international exhibitions in Switzerland, Belgium, South Korea, and Germany, Aeson first made his name in 2017 after being the lone Filipino artist selected by the Celeste Prize in London as one of its global finalists for excellence in content, contemporary aesthetic, technique, and material. He proudly represented the Philippines in his category with his photograph “Antes Sanda Madura / Before They Are Gone,” a visual homage to the indigenous community of Panay Bukidnon and a documentation of the group’s way of living.