DON RAMON PARDO ROCESPublisher, Graphic & Graphic Weekly1927-1941; 1948-1965 In the early decades of American colonial rule in the Philippines, there were rich and influential Hispanic-Filipino families who invested in publishing. One of them was the Roces clan. The family pioneered the establishment of newspaper chains, a venture begun...

I have always been interested in where modern Philippine culture began, how it spread, and what images were used to represent the nation. Print media is central to that history. Before television and the internet, magazines helped Filipinos imagine the country. As an art historian who studies Philippine...

It could qualify as foresight. He saw the power it held 99 years ago. Technology—which in the time of Graphic founder Ramon Roces materialized as photography—was the ticket to news publishing that appealed to a mass audience more effectively and with speed. Photos dominated page spreads, highlighting the...