Tiyoy Aming lives with the dead. His house, along with five other families, is located inside the historical Bacolod Cemetery in Burgos Street. The night I stepped into the graveyard to take his portrait, I heard a man screaming in painful agony somewhere in the darkness. "Indi pag sapaki, ga amo gid na siya kay hubog kag lain ulo," I was told (Don't mind him. That guy is a crazy drunkard). Tiyoy Aming led me through graves and flooded alleyways to an old pile of human bones. "I-saylo ni namon, kay gin baha ang iya nitso" he pointed out (We're transferring these bones because the grave got flooded). The ragged bones were still wrapped in its funeral ribbon that said "Condolences from..." but I couldn't read the rest of it. It was 8pm and I was getting increasingly uneasy. But Tiyoy Aming was very kind and warm and he continued to smile as I took his photos. I gave him a kilo of lechon manok for dinner which he in turn shared with the tambays and sunoys. I still owe him a visit. 📸2019.August. 5D Mark II. 50mm f1.8 1/125 #filipino #portrait #unseen #unseenplatform #broadmag #LoveTheWorld #people (at Bacolod City Public Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMl4ZnmHHdt/?utm_medium=tumblr