The Jewel seen through the eyes of a photographer

And the September celebrations are just a memory now, but one man is making sure that we don’t forget the images that chronicle the always changing landscape of Belize. Noel Escalante has been photographing Belize for the past fifteen years. And for the past ten years he has been showcasing those images for the public. The best of his last exhibits; Faces and Places of Belize; Natures Abstracts; and Antique Belize have been combined for this year’s show at the Bliss Institute of Creative Arts. The photographs have been printed on canvas and Escalante says that a portion of the proceeds from the sales will be donated to a worthy cause.

Noel Escalante, Photographer
“One can come and see a lot of different cultural aspects of Belize. They can see a lot of our destinations, they can see a lot of Belizean culture. They can come and actually see art by seeing abstracts in natural forms and they can come and actually sort of get nostalgia by seeing how our Belizean landmarks have changed in the past years. We have pictures of the Paslow Building, of the Newtown Club from old Belize how it was mostly in the seventies and as I said it will have something for each and every one of us. It’s a nice time to come here and relax and enjoy some art. We’re doing our opening celebration tonight along with the Liberty Children’s Home where the Liberty will be doing a fundraising event along with the opening of the exhibition.”

Delfena Mitchell, Director, Liberty Foundation
“Mr. Escalante heard our call for help from the Belizean public and he has generously offered to partner with us for this art exhibition. He is donating fifteen percent of the proceeds to us, which we are very grateful for and we are hosting an opening night tonight. We will be having a fashion show that’s going to be done by some of the children at liberty and it’s great because now that I see the pictures out, the clothing that we’re modeling is casual clothing, very colorful so I believe they will complement the pictures that are being displayed.”

Noel Escalante
“So we invite people to view the exhibition and enjoy some little entertainment along with it.”

The public is invited to the exhibit’s launching tonight. Entrance is free.