Philippine Environmental Photography (PEP) Philippine Environmental Photography
 In
line with the Institute’s purpose of developing research and analytical
models, ESSC together with the Ford Foundation committed to draw
together resources from the University of Wisconsin and the Ateneo de
Manila University to address the problems of collecting, archiving and
analyzing historic photography for both environmental and historical
applications.
The project aims to address these problems through training Philippine and American graduate students in field work, oral history, and the use of historical photographs for both general historical research and the study of environmental change. It also aims to establish digital archives of some 850 historical photographs for the historical study of human interaction with the environment. This website is an online repository of the historical images and contemporary photographs as a result of the site research conducted.
Photographs
have the potential to provide us with unique historical and
environmental information.
 In addition to the pleasure that accompanies
viewing images from the past, historical photographs also serve as the
primary historical record of ecological change. This site makes
accessible to historians and researchers alike, environmental
photographs of the Philippines and the United States thereby
contributing to the ongoing transformation of historical photographs
from artifacts to documents. For the first time, digital technology
allows for the widespread, low-cost reproduction and dissemination of
images, effectively transforming the rare artifact into a “text” for
public discussion and social action.
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