A JOURNALISM alumnus and former The Flame photographer has been given an honorable mention at the 2024 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar for his photo depicting the heat wave in the country.
Aaron Favila, who finished his Journalism degree in UST in 1996, has been recognized in the feature category for his photograph of a rooster shaking off water from his head.
During his undergraduate years, Favila was part of the photography section of The Flame, the official student publication of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters.
He has been a photographer for the Associated Press for 26 years and has covered numerous key events such as the super typhoon Yolanda, Abu Sayyaf kidnappings, Marawi siege and other stories on politics, war, disaster and sports.
A board member of the Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines, Favila has won several accolades in the creative industry throughout the years, including the Ani ng Dangal Award for Visual Arts at the National Commission for Culture and Arts in 2014. He also earned first place finishes in the environmental issues category at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand and the OnAsia Photojournalism Contest in 2012 for his photograph of a man clinging to his belongings during a typhoon in Manila.
Other awardees in the feature category were Carol Guzy, who won first place, Vadim Ghirda and Laura Bilson.
Established in 1973, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is the longest-running photojournalism conference in the United States (US), with entries judged by a panel of photographers and editors.
This year’s award ceremony took place from November 15 to 16 at the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta-Buckhead, US. F
