Joan Bondoc pauses while editing her photos inside her house in Quezon City, 23 July 2007.
Today we feature photojournalists whom I work with everyday. These are the people I hustle with just to get the perfect photo. The perfect timing. The moment hehehe.
Meet Joan Bondoc. I don’t know how long has she been a photojournalist but she is one of the colleagues whom I give much respect to. She is also the first woman photojournalist that I was able to meet. She started her career during UP days as a staff photographer of the Philippine Collegian.
Even before I became a photojournalist, I was used to seeing her name in the papers. I was once privileged to cover an event in Ayala long time ago with her. I was only a student back then. There I saw how dedicated she is with what she does.
It was a rally and former president Cory Aquino just arrived. Her security escort was pushing and shoving the photographers so that no one can get close to Cory. But Joan pushed and shoved also until she had the photo that she wanted.
Joan’s beat today is in Quezon City so everything that happens there is her responsibility. From Congress to the daily toils of the police beat.
Aside from being a photojournalist, Joan is also a mother, a wife, and a good friend to many of us.
