Norberto Tongoy is a photographer born and raised in a farming community in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines and now based in Sydney, Australia. His recent work-in-progress explores a journey of reconciliation of faith and how the hallowed traditions of the Philippines affected their way of life. He is also doing a photographic study of an immigrant’s view of fitting in to a different culture. 

He is interested in documenting the human conditions that expose stories to seek awareness and understanding. He shares an eye-witness view of the story behind the lives of people and/or events, capturing the most prominent and vivid moments of life. His series Tomorrow was a finalist of the 2016 William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize and the SUNSTUDIOS 2017 Emerging Photographer Award. Some of his photographic works has been showcased in Sydney, Australia in various collective exhibitions. 

Exhibitions:

February 2019 – Stiletto NB at Art Gallery of New South Wales
November 2017 – 2017 CCP Salon at Centre for Contemporary Photography
October 2017 – Who is ‘he’? group show at contact sheet gallery
September 2017 – 2017 Emerging Photographer Award Exhibition at SUNSTUDIOS
May 2017 – Associated Exhibition as part of Head On Photo Festival
May 2017 – Urban Collective as part of Head On Photo Festival
September 2016 – The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize at Monash Gallery of Art
June 2016 – ‘Transition’ group show at contact sheet gallery
May 2016 – Associated Exhibition as part of Head On Photo Festival
September 2015 – Urban Collective as part of Art & About Festival
May 2015 – Urban Collective as part of Head On Photo Festival