Gab Mejia | |
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| Born | Philippines |
| Education | University of the Philippines |
| Occupations | Photographer, Multidisciplinary Artist |
| Father | Saturnino Mejia |
| Website | https://www.gabmejia.com |
Gab Mejia is a Filipino conservation photographer and multidisciplinary artist based in Manila, Philippines.
Mejia was fathered by Saturnino Mejia in the Philippines, and has three older siblings.
He completed his Bachelors of Science degree in Civil Engineering specialising on research on Environmental and Energy Engineering in the University of the Philippines.
Mejia has published photographic stories on National Geographic, BBC, Vogue, Rolling Stone, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), CNN, UNESCO, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He has exhibited his photographic works at the National Museum of the Philippines, Grand Palais Paris, Photo London, and Fotografiska Shanghai.
In 2024, he co-created a multimedia exhibit with the Talaandig indigenous people entitled "The Baylan of Mount Kalatungan" at the National Museum of the Philippines.
He is a National Geographic Explorer, and a former columnist for The Manila Times.
In 2018, he joined the World Wildlife Fund National Youth Council, and co-founded Youth Engaged in Wetlands (YEW).
Between 2018 and 2020, he worked in the Agusan Marshlands to document the struggles and progress of the Manobo Tribe in the Philippines amid climate change. Additional projects include documenting the endangered wildlife such as the Tamaraw in the Philippines.
