Black And White Life In Philippines By Justin James Wright

Throughout his life Justin has been passionate about photography, particularly fine art photography. In 2006 Justin became a semi-professional photographer and focused his attention on capturing images of "street life" in the communities close to where he worked and lived. This built a passion to shoot scenes of people and communities to show "typical life" in the backstreets of developing countries , in particular, in the Philippines. Rather than dwell on impoverished scenes, Justin’s aim is to capture the “resilience and strong emotional spirit” of people who live in challenging and difficult environments where regular employment and income is often "hand to mouth".
In 2010, Justin became a full-time photographer in order to focus on his passion of fine art photography. He has been dedicating much of his time to capture how people live their everyday lives in the face of significant socio-economic challenges. Through this work, his intention is to help find a way to improve the lives of these people and one of the mechanisms he has developed to do this is to raise awareness and supportive interest. For example, he has recently helped to improve educational facilities in one of the communities he has documented and has achieved this through the donation of educational materials and stationary for the multitude of children who attend the school there.