{"title":"Brian Sergio","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"42\" data-end=\"83\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"42\" data-end=\"83\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eBrian Sergio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"318\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIn Darwin, Sergio keeps photography impolite. His images collapse punk reportage, erotic confession, and \u003cstrong\u003estreet delirium into lived grain\u003c\/strong\u003e. The books feel risky—bodies, faith, and filth pressed together without distance or permission.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-bastard-son-brian-sergio","title":"A Bastard Son — Brian Sergio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Bastard Son is an uncompromising photographic exploration of masculinity, violence, and survival on the margins of contemporary Filipino society. Shot entirely in black and white, Brian Sergio’s images burn with unfiltered energy—portraits of boys and young men suspended in a volatile mix of aggression, vulnerability, and play. These are not sanitized depictions of urban poverty, but confrontational moments of youth in motion, steeped in sweat, defiance, and defiant beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Zen Foto Gallery in Tokyo and designed with minimalist power by Koichi Ino, the book’s red linen cover frames the haunting gaze of a young boy—both subject and symbol of a generation left to invent itself in the absence of structure. Sergio’s work sits at the intersection of documentary and psychological theatre, echoing the raw edge of Nan Goldin and the subcultural intimacy of early Ryan McGinley, but filtered through the charged streets of Manila.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Bastard Son is a visceral visual statement: political without slogans, poetic without sentimentality. A testament to Sergio’s bold, immersive practice and a crucial addition to the emerging canon of contemporary Southeast Asian photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Photobook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: A Bastard Son\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: Brian Sergio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: November 1, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText: Robin Titchener (English text)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesign: Koichi Ino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProject Management: Bonnie Pong-Wai Ma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Zen Foto Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinting \u0026amp; Binding: CGK Formaprint, Philippines\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \/ Japanese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover, red linen with tipped-in photograph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:  80–100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: . 25 x 18 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 978-4-905453-73-4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Darwin Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51880679571794,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_1_86423150-eacd-4558-b237-f32ca44b9055.jpg?v=1767992826"},{"product_id":"bomba-mga-litrato-ni-brian-sergio","title":"BOMBA —  photographic zine by Brian Sergio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in December 2015 by the independent Mazinger Zine, BOMBA is a photographic zine by Filipino photographer Brian Sergio, known for his unflinching gaze and street-level approach to documentary. The title—Bomba, a colloquial Filipino term for softcore erotic cinema—sets the tone for a publication that flirts with transgression, vulnerability, and performative sexuality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShot in stark black-and-white and printed on uncoated stock, the images are charged with a raw immediacy: young women pose in cramped interiors, gazes defiant or distant, their bodies lit by the dull glow of domestic neon. Sergio’s camera doesn’t glamorize—it documents. The scenes suggest both agency and constraint, echoing a socio-political backdrop of marginal economies and informal glamour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Photographic Zine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: BOMBA — Mga Litrato ni Brian Sergio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: Brian Sergio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: December 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Photocopy-style digital printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Uncoated paper, saddle-stitched\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Likely small-run independent edition (undisclosed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned: No\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: Approx. 28 x 21.5 cm (A4)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \/ Filipino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: Unnumbered (estimated ~24)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Mazinger Zine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Good (slight oxidation on edges visible)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Darwin Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51882987782482,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/BARCELO_d1d0632a-7262-48c4-b5f5-13c9f0919543.jpg?v=1768034082"},{"product_id":"flash-bryan-sergio","title":"Flash — Brian Sergio, 2021, 1st Edition of 150, The Atelier Risographique \/ Editions Bessard","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"647\"\u003eUrgency as method. 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A concise, raw sequence where spontaneity becomes structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"949\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003cbr data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"667\"\u003eTitle: Flash\u003cbr data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"682\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Brian Sergio\u003cbr data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"714\"\u003eDate: 2021\u003cbr data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"727\"\u003eEdition: First edition; limited to 150 copies\u003cbr data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"775\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: The Atelier Risographique \/ Editions Bessard\u003cbr data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"842\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eBinding: Softback\u003cbr data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"862\"\u003ePages: 36\u003cbr data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"874\"\u003eDimensions (cm): 29.5 × 21\u003cbr data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"903\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eCondition: As new \/ mint\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"1175\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52451205972306,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/BARCELO_8b907cba-4163-4e8b-850d-6456675093d3.jpg?v=1768071157"},{"product_id":"pak-brian-sergio-dienacht-first-edition-2017","title":"PAK! — Brian Sergio — Dienacht, First Edition, 2017","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"669\"\u003eRaw, nocturnal, and confrontational, this first edition condenses Brian Sergio’s visceral photographic language into a tight, self-contained object. Printed in a run of only 200 copies by dienacht Publishing, it moves between staged intensity and documentary immediacy, exploring youth, aggression, intimacy, and vulnerability. The sequencing is abrupt, physical, almost percussive. Designed by Calin Kruse, the book carries the tension of a limited underground release—direct, unpolished, and deliberately close to the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"955\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003cbr data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"689\"\u003eTitle: PAK!\u003cbr data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"703\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Brian Sergio\u003cbr data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"735\"\u003eDate: 2017\u003cbr data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"748\"\u003eEdition: First Edition — 200 copies\u003cbr data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"786\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Offset printing\u003cbr data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"833\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Softcover\u003cbr data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"865\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: dienacht Publishing\u003cbr data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"907\"\u003eISBN: 978-3-946099-20-8\u003cbr data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"933\"\u003eCondition: Very good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"1166\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52708055482706,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_copy_7b1bb8f6-55d5-4277-a604-25a2de3c914c.jpg?v=1771165630"},{"product_id":"dios-mio-brian-sergio-dienacht-2021","title":"Dios Mio! — Brian Sergio, dienacht 2021","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"623\"\u003eA diaristic eruption assembled from fragments that refused classification. 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