Event Geek

PHOTOGRAPHIC images captured by the country’s leading lensmen and Russia’s top photographers will be put on display in the Philippine Russian Photo Exhibition come Oct. 21-24 at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in Mandaue City.

The Photo Exhibit dubbed “Philippines and Russia inSights,” which is among the major components in the 2nd Philippine Russian Business Forum (PRBF), will serve as an educational point of exchange of cultural and psychological backgrounds of both countries.

“We hope the Photo Exhibition will help us expand trade and commercial relations by increasing understanding between Russia and the Philippines,” said honorary Russian Consul Armi Lopez Garcia who is also president of the organizing Philippine Russian Business Assembly Inc. (PRBAI).


Organizers dubbed the exhibit “Philippines & Russia inSights” as “insight”, in marketing, means a deep understanding of the target consumers’ attitudes and beliefs, leading to the achievement of the objective.

“To make business with foreign traders, you need to understand their culture, psychology, and way of thinking,” 2nd PRBF working committee on culture member Tania Arkhangel’skaya said. “That’s what we hope to accomplish through this Photo Exhibition – to make Filipino and Russian businessmen understand each other, know more about their countries, their culture, art, and etc.”

Leading the cast of Filipino and Russian world-class photographers who have already signified their participation in the exhibit are Bob Lim, Jan Gonzales, Alexander Efremov, Evgeniy Globenko, Konstantin Kokoshkin, and Nick Degtyarev.
Some of these well-known lensmen will also give students, enthusiasts, and hobbyists a lecture on photography at the Art Studio of the CICC.
Other top Russian photographers participating in the exhibit are Alexandra Kallistova, Andrey Ilinsky, Andrey Lysikov, Dennis Tarasov, Dmitry Nezhdanov, Eduard Krank, Evgenia Guhman, Evgeny Molodtzov, Luisa Geltz, Nina Troitskaya, Igor Egorov, Julia Vedernikova, Katerina Man’shine, Maria Pavlova, Eugene Schemilin, Oleg Astahov, Olga Mazlova, Roman Nikulin, Serge Romanov, Sergey Ivanov, Timur Dui, and Yuri Borisov.
The 2nd Philippine-Russian Business Forum is organized by the PRBAI and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Province of Cebu and the Department of Tourism.

The Philippine Exhibits and Themeparks Corp. is co-organizing the event in association with the City of Mandaue, Department of Trade and Industry, Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Cebu Business Club, Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Cebu FAME, Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation, and the Cebu Gifts, Toys and Housewares (GTH).

Supporting the four-day affair are Cebu Energy Development Corp./Toledo Power Corp., Cebu Holdings, Inc./Cebu Property Ventures & Development Corp., Hongkong Express, PLDT-SME, Smart, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casinos, Pascual Consumer Health Care Corp., Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan, Be Resorts Mactan, Ng Khai, Milkfish, Legwork Promotions, Neo Manufacturing Services Inc./Glee Electronics, and San Remigio Pensionne Suites/Primemovers and PRWorks.

Cebu Daily News, Sun.Star Online, Sun.Star Cebu, The Freeman, GMA-7, Business Mirror, Philippine Graphic Magazine, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine Star, and Alcordo Advertising are the media partners of the 2nd Philippine Russian Business Forum and Exhibition.