Floyd Gonzales
(Canada)Floyd Gonzales is a Filipino-Canadian photographer based in Calgary, blending portraiture, fashion, and documentary storytelling to explore identity and belonging. Growing up in the Filipino diaspora, he has always felt connected to culture through family, memory, and tradition, and through photography, He has reconnected with those roots. His work focuses on how heritage can live in modern contexts while still carrying its pride and history. This project expands on themes he has only recently begun exploring, using traditional Filipino garments as a lens to understand how culture evolves, adapts, and continues within the diaspora.
Kulturang Suot (Culture Worn)
Kulturang Suot (Culture Worn) explores how traditional Filipino garments live, transform, and hold meaning within the Filipino diaspora in Canada. Through portraits, motion vignettes, and collaborative styling, I aim to highlight pieces such as the barong, Filipiñana, and bolero as symbols of cultural memory, worn both traditionally and reimagined. While food often becomes the primary marker of identity abroad, clothing offers its own powerful language of heritage, pride, and continuity. This series documents how Filipinos across generations express cultural roots through what they wear, revealing the evolving relationship between homeland traditions and life in a new place.
