TY - BOOK AU - De Ocampo, Roberto. TI - The Philippines: a journey through the archipelago SN - 9813018992 AV - F DS 660 P538 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - Singapore PB - Archipelago Press KW - Philippines -- Description and travel KW - Philippines -- Pictorial works N1 - Seven days in the Philippines with 35 of the world's finest photographers, October 8th-14th, 1995 N2 - and volcanoes that still rumble underfoot. But the Philippines is more than landscapes and these histories. The Philippines also boasts cities of towering skyscrapers, factories, which produce some of the most sophisticated electronics in the world, and an economy developing so rapidly that it will soon take its place in the forefront of business life within the Southeast Asian region; huge ranges of rice terraces farmed by people whose traditions have held firm over thousands of years; perfect white beaches fringed with coral reefs; Thirty-five photographers from all-over the world set out to discover the Philippines in October 1995. The 400 photographs in this book are the finest of the 90,000 pictures taken and they reveal a complex and multi-faceted Philippine landscape. Catholic churches full of people strong in their faith ER -