Gab Mejia

photographer, environmental storyteller, and engineer | @natgeo explorer

[soli @solisolsoli]

Thief of the Moon, 1924, by Norman Lindsay

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

A privilege that “The Passage of Storms” has been awarded 1st-place by ArtPartner, @AtmosMag , and @UN for the #CreateCOP28 Art competition, which will be exhibited in the United Nations Headquarters from December 8 onwards in time for #COP28 in bringing our stories forward! 🌊

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

it was so difficult but the moment i came out of the closet, and loved myself w/ kindness— everything just flows now. found a loving community & beloved friends. created new art. so much travels around the world. new photo projects. there is magic in being who you truly are

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

so they cancelled the quarrying permits thinking Masungi and the Sierra Madre forests will finally be upheld and protected, only to find out later on, that our government just plans to build a prison and destroy hectares of forested lands… the damn audacity

sobrang kapal lang!!

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

BuCor acting Director General Gregorio Catapang confirms the Masungi Georeserve will be used as the bureau’s headquarters.

Full story: https://t.co/fhhJwo6DRp

[Mapmaker @mapmakerdavid]

I've been studying 3 kinds of colonisers recently:

those who like creating panic to justify colonialism

those who actually do assimilation but call it decolonisation

those who follow racist tropes in the Western history of scientific thought to exclude Indigenous peoples

[Vogue Philippines @vogueph]

National Geographic Explorer and conservation photographer Gab Mejia captures the magic of found moments in nature.

https://t.co/8aMZpgapLb

[Eloisa Lopez @eloisaalopez]

Love of sea turtles turns Philippine poachers into protectors—first story of 2023 for @Reuters 🐢 https://t.co/KFgQjtE0o1

[NewsWatch Plus PH @newswatchplusph]

Residents of Sibuyan Island in Romblon, who have been forming a human barricade since Sunday to demand for the suspension of mining in the area, blocked the entry of a truck with nickel ore on Wednesday. https://t.co/lFIrvo1Ixi

[The sunny side of Franz Kafka @AmschelKavka]

I am thriving among all the animals. This afternoon I fed goats. Out in my sunning place there are several bushes whose tastiest leaves are too high for the goats and so I bent the branches down for them.

Franz Kafka, 1917.

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

i guess part of this lesson in life is learning how to love how other people love you differently. in their own ways, and their own pace. it’s beautiful actually.

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

Latest travel story and exhibit of Unseen Singapore! Happy to have collaborated with 5 amazing photographers in Southeast Asia now up on National Geographic!

https://t.co/vTelYgwDDr

[The Straits Times @straits_times]

Regional photographers capture unseen Singapore to draw in travellers https://t.co/iVh5IHiPLj

[The Straits Times @straits_times]

Regional photographers capture unseen Singapore to draw in travellers https://t.co/iVh5IHiPLj

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

so many stories to share, so much to work for, so much to dream of. just incredibly grateful & moved to be part of @NatGeo’s new cohort of Global Storytellers supported by the @climatepledge to work on the complexities of the forests in the Philippines!

Laban Pilipinas! 🇵🇭

[The Climate Pledge @climatepledge]

Together, in collaboration with @InsideNatGeo, we are thrilled to announce the 2023 #NatGeoExplorers who will document the global climate crisis through visual storytelling.
@lynseyaddario
@PBLALB
@malinfezehai
@jgbmejia
@davidemonteleo
Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/ED3LdlriG1

[Tsaastrology @tsaastrology]

There's Mercury retrograde.

And then there's the Philippines.

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

me getting amazed when a vending machine or an actual government website works here in the Philippines... when it should be a damn norm. the bar of service in every single industry for Filipinos is just so low. it’s 2023 and we seriously deserve better.

[Vogue Philippines @vogueph]

National Geographic Explorer Gab Meija never imagined himself growing up to make a living as a photographer, but he has had an affinity for exploring the natural world. By pursuing his love for photography & adventures, he let his two passions collide.

https://t.co/8aMZpg9RVD

[Gab Mejia @jgbmejia]

what’s more tragic than being robbed of our future is being lied to of our past by the very people who made 25-million+ filipinos to believe otherwise.

ano na ang paghahawakan natin kung ang ating kasaysayan at ang ating pagkakakilanlan ay na sa kamay ng mga demonyo…

[Gideon Lasco @gideonlasco]

My vote is for a country where Kian delos Santos can freely study - and where Chad Booc can freely teach.