email: jacob@jacobimages.com
call/whatsapp: +63 918.661.8390
or +1 423.799.0054

skype: jacobmaentz

Jacob is currently in Cebu

Jacob Maentz is an American documentary photographer whose work explores the interplay of the natural world, culture, and identity. For more than a decade he has collaborated with various Indigenous communities and groups who have been historically marginalized in the Philippines. In his book, Homelands, Jacob listens and shares stories from within these communitiespeoples who have remained rooted to place against great and unrelenting adversity.  

Jacob is a project photographer with Blue Earth Alliance, a community of professionals that supports visual storytelling on critical environmental and social issues. Jacob studied wildlife & conservation biology at Colorado State University and served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 2003-2005 in Palawan.

His publications and clients include (selected): Geographical Magazine (UK), Orion Magazine, BBC Travel, Discovery Channel Magazine, GEO, Lonely Planet, The Guardian, DestinAsian, National Geographic Traveler, World Food Programme, UNESCO, Rights & Resources Initiative, World Wildlife Fund, Philippine Department of Tourism, Chrysler, Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), World Animal Protection, SEE International and Save the Children.

Jacob is currently expanding his work to look at the intersection of traditional knowledge, conservation, and climate change. He is available for assignments globally. 

email: jacob@jacobimages.com
call/whatsapp: +63 918.661.8390
or
+1 423.799.0054
skype: jacobmaentz

Jacob is currently in Cebu

Jacob Maentz is an American documentary photographer whose work explores the interplay of the natural world, culture, and identity. For more than a decade he has collaborated with various Indigenous communities and groups who have been historically marginalized in the Philippines. In his book, Homelands, Jacob listens and shares stories from within these communitiespeoples who have remained rooted to place against great and unrelenting adversity. 

Jacob is a project photographer with Blue Earth Alliance, a community of professionals that supports visual storytelling on critical environmental and social issues. Jacob studied wildlife & conservation biology at Colorado State University and served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 2003-2005 in Palawan.

His publications and clients include (selected): Geographical Magazine (UK), Orion Magazine, BBC Travel, Discovery Channel Magazine, GEO, Lonely Planet, The Guardian, DestinAsian, National Geographic Traveler, World Food Programme, UNESCO, Rights & Resources Initiative, World Wildlife Fund, Philippine Department of Tourism, Chrysler, Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), World Animal Protection, SEE International and Save the Children.

Jacob is currently expanding his work to look at the intersection of traditional knowledge, conservation, and climate change. He is available for assignments globally. 

Exhibitions, Awards, Grants

2023: Archipelagic States, UN Headquarters, New York 
2023: The World In Love With Itself, QUBE Gallery, Cebu 
2023: Kranj Foto Fest “Human – Nature,” Slovenia
2022: Fotomoto Home, Special Exhibition Series, Manila
2021: Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2021 Nominee
2019: Recipient of the Tadhana Family Fund
2018: University of San Carlos Museum, Cebu, Permanent Exhibition
2018: Blue Earth Alliance, Project Photographer
2017: Rice Gods and Saints, Cebu, Permanent Exhibition
2016: Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY), Finalist
2015: Photocrati Fund (Imagely Fund), 2nd Prize 
2014: The Forgotten Ten, Water Dragon Gallery, Manila
2013: American Photographic Artists (APA) / Lucie Foundation Scholarship, Shortlisted
2013: PhotoShelter’s Jumpstart your Photography Business initiative, Grand Prize
2012: Kickstarter Campaign, Funded

Press, Interviews