About

Eduardo Abaya Lara has always been curious about what is out there in the big, wide world. This desire originally manifested in a succession of boyhood dreams: pilot, marine biologist/explorer, and National Geographic photographer. While none of these happened, the wanderlust did take Eduardo away from his native Philippines, and he has now lived in the United States for over thirty years, with a three year detour through the UK. For a good portion of his professional life, he did in fact travel the world and learned about different cultures while working in various global marketing roles.

Through it all, his cameras have been his constant companion, recording the light that fell on the loves of his life: his family, friends, and the many places they have called home. Ed is now embarking on deepening his understanding of mental health counseling, and he hopes to pay forward to others what has been gifted to him and his loved ones by the many counsellors they have worked with over the years.