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Albert Garcia, Manila Bulletin photographer (7th from right) presents a framed copy of his award-winning Mt. Pinatubo Eruption photo to Carson Mayor Jim Dear ((6th from left) during a courtesy call at the Carson City Hall on Sunday, October 2. Other in photo are Manila-based photographers participating in the exhibit and members of the city council of Carson.
CARSON – The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, a long-dominant volcano in the Luzon province of Zambales 20 years ago, was captured in the camera of Albert Garcia, a photographer of Bulletin Today, a Manila daily broadsheet newspaper. That photograph shows the fury of Mt. Pinatubo a few short minutes after it erupted. The photograph acknowledged as one of the greatest images of the 20th century by Time Magazine, and one of the 100 best pictures of the 20th century by the National Geographic Magazine.
This year, the 20th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption, organizers of the Tambayayong (Bayanihan in Visayan) Festival put together a Photo Exhibit, which consists of photographs of the eruption and its aftermath taken by other Manila-based newspaper and magazine photographers. Garcia, who is now based in Canada, did not make in time to grace the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Carson Mall on Avalon Blvd. On Sunday, October 2, however, Garcia personally presented a framed photo of the award winning volcano eruption to Carson Mayor Jim Dear and members of the Carson City Council.
Consul General Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon, Mayor Dear, and Carson City Coucilmember Elito Santarina were among the government dignitaries that graced the opening of the Tambayayong Festival and the “Mt.Pinatubo @ 20” Photo Exhibit at the Carson Mall last Saturday, October 1. The photo exhibit next will travel to Bay Area for a two-day show on October 11-12 at the Philippine Consulate, located at 447 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94108.
