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| | | ARTS & LIFE Landscape photography featuring Milton‘s natural gems on display : Philippines, giving the mayor and the phoâ€" tographer something in common. *I‘d say we hit it off right away," he Krantz. "Beâ€" cause of that, he was at ease with me. He‘s quite an accomplished individual in his own right as a photographer." The father of three got the idea for his Day in the Life Of project when he was on his lunch break from his casual job as a nightâ€"shift postâ€" al clerk with Canada Post. "I was 49, and | was thinking, | should have a show, have my first solo exhibition," he said, adding he figured he needed to do someâ€" thing with his large gatherings of work. "I wanted to share them; | wanted to share how I love my work with the people." Along with photos of the mayor, the exhibit feftures a number of Milton landscape phoâ€" otraphs, highlighting .natural gems like Rattlesnake Point, the Mill Pond in all four seasons and waterfalls from various locations in Halton. his favourite photo subject is people. ant to document people, to capture the real person â€" that‘s my dream," he said. Born and raised in the Philippines, Magalona recalls a time when the village he lived in didn‘t have electricity. He showed an interest in drawing and photography at a young age, and his grandmother, Juliana, encouraged for everyone) Acclaimed Feature us MILTON Villager W2808ec0 {]ff | "l\flm uit Members of Culture Philippines of Ontario perâ€" form Bulaklakan, a Philippines rural folk dance at the unveilina of Milton photographer Justino Magalona‘s first solo exhibit January 7. Graham Paine /Metroland West Media Group and supported his creative interest. His faded pencil drawings remain etched on the walls of the ancestral home in Catmon Cebu. When he first started shooting, he borrowed a villager‘s camera, and ended up using it more than the owner. Magalona obtained a bachelor of science in business administration at Philippine Chrisâ€" # The & -.v- enuer Aepsuny}1 | 21g find work as a graphic designer, and at that © point, he set aside his love of photography to â€"< help raise his family and earn what he could ) at various jobs. Magalona is a member of the »â€": Fine Arts Society of Miltonâ€" (FASM) and other arts groups. < tian University before he studied at the Uniâ€" versity of the Philippines, college of fine arts where he excelled in visual communications. The best job he ever had was as an artist/illustrator/photogâ€" “ rapher and art mentor for the P~J United Nations High Commisâ€" I want to s ( c sion for Refugees in Morong, He fed his love of art mentoring 3 Bataan, Philippines. There, he document peoD'ev through FASM‘s youth mentorâ€" g began exhibiting and selling to pmfeme real ing program that began last ; his artwork and photographs. year. $ Many of his pipeces aerzhac- pefsonâ€"that'smy He works fullâ€"time as a free-g quired by local and expatriate dream. lance photographer and artist 2 art collectors. and operates Studio 683 whenâ€" 2 "It‘s there | learned to observe ever he can, shooting everyâ€" ; people and things," he said. ” thing from weddings to births Â¥ In 1994, he moved to Saudi and babies. g Arabia with his wife, where he Justino His most recent artistic achieveâ€" â€"â€" collaborated with the creative Photographer, artist _ ment is having nine of his landâ€" % scape photographs grace the ‘5 walls as murals of the new Milton District & Hospital building expansion. He said his artistic photography is just beginâ€" ning and he looks forward to continuing his 2 journey. To learn more about his work, go to O www and art directors of Impact BBDO and worldwide ad agencies, earning local and international awards for his work as a graphic designer. In 2001, the couple and their three children, Justin, Julianne and Jamillie, settled in Canâ€" ada, moving to Milton in 2003. He couldn‘t Look for your Milton Chamber of Commerce 2017 Business Directory oueua MILTON CHAMBER OF coOmMmErCcE 017 BUSINES®S DLIRECTORY gueras ay Best @wgn PS MILTON INN Mrxci® £, MERCEX