Jojie Alcantara
Photographer, Writer, and Artist in Davao City, Philippines
Jojie Alcantara
Photographer, Writer, and Artist in Davao City, Philippines
Jojie Alcantara is a former TV host, artist, Filipina journalist and a contributor to international publications.
A multi-awarded photographer and writer, her works are featured in the Department of Tourism's campaigns of "It's More Fun in the Philippines" and "Love the Philippines" (bus design in Aukland, NZ), on covers/spreads of international airline magazines and the Best of the Best Philippines coffee table book series.
She wrote a column for Manila Bulletin, and still writes for SunStar Davao since 1998. She was a 3-time nominee for the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Awards in two categories, Travel Journalism and Heritage and Culture.
As a professional photographer, she has bagged national and international awards and is a Getty Images contributor. Often on solo travels, she documents destinations and heartwarming stories of human interest and culture.
As an artist and painter, she's had art exhibits featuring her caricatures, and several photo exhibits.
As a media personality, she was a TV and events host, a commercial model and a radio talent. She's had brand endorsement deals for print and TV, and previous stints as workshop resource speaker for Canon, then Fujifilm Philippines.
She blogs, organizes charity events, aids in disaster relief operations, runs photo exhibits, hosts events, teaches photojournalism and creative writing workshops and gives speaking engagements nationwide. She loves to share her experiences and skills in seminars and big conventions.
She was one of the six keynote speakers in Photo World Asia 2017, a prestigious international convention for photographers held in Makati, Philippines.
She is often invited to judge in photo competitions, beauty pageants and festival street dancing.
On June 2013, she received a plaque of recognition from then City Mayor of Davao Sara Duterte for her significant contribution in social media.
She accepts commissioned projects and travel assignments for tourism by invitation, having traveled to sixteen (16) countries in different continents so far.
Currently, she is documenting 110 tribes of the Philippines for a series of coffee table books that pay tribute and preserve the identities and rituals of indigenous communities, a publication by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).
On July 2024, she has signed a contract as a Philippine global ambassador for Radiant Photo Imaging.
She is certified in advanced pranic healing and pyschotherapy, and gives energy healing sessions.