Neal Oshima

Manila

Neal Masao Oshima is a commercial, editorial and fine art photographer based in Manila, Philippines. He began his photographic career as a laboratory and field photographer at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii and fine art photographer in San Francisco, CA.

Mr. Oshima's editorial work includes books such as Dreamweavers, a documentation of the T’nalak weavers of the T’boli tribe in Lake Sebu, Mindanao; Treasures of the Philippine National Museum published by Bookmark; Philippine Ancestral Houses by Dr. Fernando Zialcita. Exhibitions of his work include "Personal Visions: A Survey of Contemporary Photography" at the Ayala Museum in 1999; "Barot," a solo exhibit of photograms of traditional Philippine garments that opened the Sepia International Gallery in Soho, NYC; and "Lovelock," an exhibit of hair landscapes at the Alliance Francaise, Manila in 2001. He has worked extensively with traditional silver-based print techniques.

2024

Tarzeer Pictures hosted the final day of Fotomoto’s February Atelier featuring an ambrotype and cyanotype demonstration by Raena Abella and Neal Oshima.

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