Ang Kalatas Ozing Pinoy iClick Mo Photo Contest | Seite 3

They clicked, they shared

Their stories in photos
Images.

We have lots of
them. Happy faces, precious episodes,
snapshots on dates and places to
remember, and frames that captured
that moment in a day on the life of
the Filipino-Australians. Kalatas Media
together with Western Union and Lowe
Profero started the ‘Ozing Pinoy – i-Click
Mo Amateur Photo contest’ in June 2015
with the hope of linking the communities,
families and friends together through
the colourful pictures that define us as a
distinct culture within the Australian milieu.
Soon enough, our readers began sending
their photos.
We were expecting a few, probably
dozens, but by the end of the year (when

the contest wrapped up in December),
we received over 200 photographs, each
one with a unique story, with a special
tale to tell. It was a contest that involved
fun and generated excitement for many
of our readers. Most Pinoys after all love
taking pictures and thanks to the available
gadgetry and social media platforms,
taking pictures and sharing stories have
become a simple ‘click-and-share’ affair.
Photography appeals to all ages and
doing it has never been so easy even for
the amateurs. Still, there are good photos
that stand out from the rest.
Thanks to Western Union, the top
remittance company that provided the
prizes, the winners were given cash that
they shared to their loved ones back

home. More importantly, the contest
provided us a glimpse on the growing FilAussie community. The beautiful pictures
sent by our readers practically weave
a narrative about Pinoy assimilation,
integration, and immersion in Australia.
The pages in this special supplement
of Ang Kalatas January 2016 issue show
the photos that won in the monthly
contests, the Grand Finals winners, and
the photos that invited the ‘Most Likes’ via
the Ang Kalatas page in Facebook. The
pages also show the images that, despite
not winning prizes, deserve appreciation
for their own value – in a sense artistic,
inviting, compelling, or simply beautiful
to look at. They tell the Pinoy’s story in Oz.
OzingPinoy talaga! [Kalatas Media]

OUR COVER
CO R

Our Cover
‘Ang Mga Tsinelas’
Our cover is a non-entry photo
solicited from Netherlen ‘Nedz’ Saletrero,
a Filipino currently studying at the
University of Sydney. It symbolises the
journey of the Pinoy migrant to a country
that adopted many of our Kababayans.
In the photo are Nedz’s schoolmates
from the university relaxing at the beach
in Meriumbula at the Far South Coast or
the ‘Sapphire Coast’ in southern NSW.
A meteorologist from PAGASA, Nedz is
from Bohol. She took this picture with
her mobile phone – “I just love taking
pictures,” says Nedz.

January 2016 | Kalatas Media | Sponsored by Western Union

Ozing Pinoy iClick Mo! | A photo contest for Pinoys in Australia.

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