Daydreaming
I always thought about the human mind being something so powerful that I started seeing it as an enemy; so manipulative, terrifying, destructive. But why all this? As I find beauty in the dark, I have noticed that I was falling into a trap. I asked myself “have I dwelled too deep? Or stayed too long that I’ve overlooked beauty and saw only the darkness? Am I still finding in the right place? More importantly, am I still creating freely? Or am I just getting trapped further in? I’ve somehow lost that sensibility, to see beauty at something; to find balance in something so complex. I wanna take that back and I hope that shows in this art. “Daydreaming”
Biodata
Jestir Jan Mercado Abella, 26 Yrs old, was born on January 1st, 1994
He is a fine-art photographer and self-portrait artist based in Pangasinan, Philippines.
Photographers are ironically those who are camera shy, He goes against this stereotype. He let himself exposed in a world he wished to explore, where darkness unveils its beauty and beauty manifests in the dark.
One of his most memorable story is when his dreams are stolen at the age of 5. According to him, “We were in a circle when my teacher asked me what I want to become when I grew old. I said “a magician”. She didn’t like my answer and asked me to change it because she believes that I cannot be or I should not be a magician. So I randomly said “salesman”, specifically “nagtitindangdamit.” And my dreams were stolen by somebody. I grew up not knowing what my dreams are. I was forced become someone I am not. Basically, I stopped dreaming. But my passion brought me back my childhood where I could hold a crayon and draw and dream whatever I want without minding about what others think of it.

I fell in love with photography right before I graduated from college. I am a really shy person, socially anxious that I get scared meeting people. And without having someone to take a picture of, I started taking pictures of myself and that’s how I became a self-portrait artist. From that point of my life I realized that I can be somebody, I can be who I want to be and that really is the turning point of how I became a fine-art photographer. I make art not for people to like but to please and surprise myself. I love film-making and editing, and I was drawingstories way before that. I realized it is the combination of photography, art, and story-telling that is what I’m really passionate about.”
Jes Mercado Abella
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