About Two Stops Over

The premise is simple: An established international photographer, who has lived in the U.S., Malaysia, London, and in the last decade, Spain, decides to fly back to The Philippines with his family in tow, to try and build a career in his native land. The series follows his journey as he reacquaints himself with his country and his people.

Two Stops Over is all about the soul of photography and the intimate trade secrets behind taking them. The show, which was shot entirely on HD using Canon’s latest EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D, deals with the basics from a first-person perspective, giving us an entertaining, inspirational show that’s filled with superior, powerful images.

Terno Recordings, the brainchild of Manila-based DJ Toti Dalmacion, provides the music for Two Stops Over; original Filipino music from: Popular Days, Hidden Nikki, Not Another Boy Band, The Charmes, Encounters With A Yeti, Musical O, Sleepwalk Circus, Radioactive Sago Project, and Up Dharma Down.

The show isn’t just about photography, it’s more of a journey, bringing up a debate that’s long-drawn: does the photographer change the subject or does the subject change the photographer? And it’s not just about Paco’s journey, but about the viewer’s as well. Two Stops Over aims to change our perspectives on life through the lens.

Two Stops Over airs over 2nd Avenue on Sundays, 7:30 pm with a second run on Saturdays, 10:30 am.

About Paco Guerrero

Francisco Guerrero was born in manila to Spanish-Filipino parents in 1975. His father works in the hotel industry and as a child the family lived in Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Spain.

His initial interest in photography started on hot summer day when at the age of 12 he borrowed his father’s camera and took pictures of chickens the family had in their backyard.

While studying high school in Singapore, Francisco started assisting photographer Luca Tettoni on weekends and summer breaks quickly developing a real interest in the craft of photography.

In 1994 he started attending college at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. During this time Francisco participated in the Brooks documentary program, spending 5 months in West Africa. He was invited to the Eddie Adams Barnstorm Workshops in New York. At the end of his time at brooks he also won the American Photo Photojournalism award.

After Brooks Francisco took on a job as secondary photographer at Hansa Visuals studio in Kuala Lumpur under photographer S.C Shekar.

By 1999 Francisco was back in college taking up Anthropology and Communications at Goldsmiths College in London.

Graduating in 2002 he moved back to Barcelona, Spain where he would establish his own successful commercial photography studio, Redbench, with partners Mark Gregory Peters and Susann Gellida.

Since 2002 Francisco has been working for a number of clients including Conde Nast, New York Times Travel, Marie Claire, Destinasian, GQ, and Endless Vacation among others. Locally he has worked for Town and Country, Marie Claire, Runners World and Rogue. Onrequest Images and Wonderful Machine currently represent him in the US.

Credits