Colin Dancel

What is your full name?
Colin Dancel.

What is your first name?
Colin.

Where were you born?
Manila, Philippines.

Where do you currently reside and work?
Manila, Philippines.

What is your educational background?
I studied Fashion Design at the De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde for a year and Fashion Design at Slim’s Fashion and Arts School for two years.

What are other details of experiences, work or otherwise, that have led you to your current work?
It has been seven months since I went full-time with photography. Before this I have consistently kept a day job. In the last five years, I have been an operations manager, a creative lead and a brand manager. All these roles have influenced and honed the way I see as a photographer, and now as a business owner.

How would you describe your practice/business?
When I take images, I imagine them printed, framed or kept in a photobook. I imagine that they will stand the test of time and be kept forever. This is something I am embodying more and more, which puts me in a place of leaning into what makes me curious.

What are the highlight projects in your career so far?
1. Working with women who have helped to pave the way for me, and supported me to be where I am.
2. Worn Stories, an exhibition with Vestido for Art Fair Philippines 2025.
3. Louis Poulsen’s 150th anniversary exhibition hosted by Focus Global Inc.

What are you currently working on?
I am working on enrolling in niche photography workshops abroad. It is my dream to study again and I finally have the means and support to do it now!

Instagram: @colindancel
Website: colindancel.com