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Jazmin D. Tabuena is a freelance multimedia artist, photo-videographer who focuses on news, music, gender, and environment-related issues.
She produces multimedia and visual content for leading companies, namely Riot Games, Tier One, Canva, formerly on Philstar.com, InterAksyon, Bandwagon Philippines, GRID Magazine; and is the first female Chief Photographer of the University of Santo Tomas' publication, The Varsitarian. She served as the official photographer for the Manila Symphony Orchestra's performance in Tokyo Opera City, Japan, in 2022.
She is part of the historical archive of 5000+ pictures created by Getty, Girl Gaze, and Dove for #ShowUs, which received the Cannes 2019 Silver Glass.
She participated in Emerging Islands' Plastic Passages Photography Workshop with Mandy Barker and Hannah Reyes Morales and produced Scarlet Sea, a photo essay tackling period waste.
Jazmin is currently on the board of directors of the Filipino Freelance Journalists' Guild established in October 2023, and one of Riot Games and Tier One's photo-videographers in the Valorant Championship Tour Pacific 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.
Loves memes.
Loves memes.
Grants / Trainings / Recognitions
2023 | Grantee | Climate Tracker, Empowering Community Voices in Southeast Asia's Just Transition
2022 | Participant | Internews, For Your Page: A Talk on Newsreporting on TikTok
2022 | Participant | Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Data Journalism Bootcamp
2022 | Grantee | British Council & Emerging Islands, Plastic Passages Photography Workshop with Mandy Barker and Hannah Reyes Morales
2022 | Participant | Internews & NUJP, Holistic Safety Training for Women Journalists
2022 | Participant | Google, Tsek.ph Verification Workshop
2021 | Participant | Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Election Training
2021 | Awardee | International Association of Business Communicators - 8th Student Quill Awards, The Varsitarian – Short Videos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division
2021 | Awardee | International Association of Business Communicators - 8th Student Quill Awards, LENSPEAK: The Decade in Photos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division
2020 | 1st Runner Up | The Manila Times, Best Photography (College Level)
2020 | Best Thesis, Photobook | UST College of Fine Arts and Design, Heroes Behind the Orchestra
2019 | 4th Place | The Philippine Association of National Advertisers, PANAnaw Awards
Exhibitions / Zines
2023 | Tokyo, Japan | Photobook | Ephemere, Half the Sky: Street Photography from Women
2022 | La Union, Philippines | Exhibitor | Emerging Islands, Follow the Water Exhibit
2020 | University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines | Aleance 20x21 Virtual Thesis Exhibits
2017 | Singapore & Philippines | Exhibitor | Frame Zero & Shutterfux, Reel 1: Rough Cuts from Philippines and Singapore | Vetro Gallery
Features
2021 | Bandwagon Asia, Filipino women in photography share their origins and fight for equality
2019 | Dove & Getty Images, #ShowUs
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