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The Photographer

Two Decades
Behind
the Lens.

Niña Sandejas has been photographing the Philippine music scene for over twenty years, documenting everything from small-bar chaos to arena-level mythmaking. Her archives trace the rise, fall, and return of entire generations of bands, rappers, and the subcultures that orbit them.

As a music photojournalist, she has documented bands and major events across Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, the USA, UAE, Canada, and Australia — covering the pulse of the global music scene.

Beyond photography, she is a digital content strategist, educator, and the founder of alt164 Press, a small indie press dedicated to preserving Filipino music culture through books, stories, and images. For fifteen years she has conducted workshops and training sessions on photography, storytelling, and creativity — mentoring professionals and aspiring creatives alike.

Niña Sandejas

The Journey

A Timeline

2004

First Exposure

Starts as a fashion stylist for Rivermaya. Photographs Kitchie Nadal with a film camera at one of her first solo shows. Rico Blanco sees the images and asks her to photograph Rivermaya — she never goes back to fashion.

2004
2007
2007

Going International
Hong Kong

First international gig — MUSE in Hong Kong. Selected as one of 22 photographers globally for JPG Magazine's Breakthrough exhibit at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.

2011–2015

Festival Circuit
Japan · Malaysia · Singapore · Hong Kong · Dubai · UAE

MTV World Stage Malaysia, Big Night Out SG, Fuji Rock Festival Japan — including Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Noel Gallagher, and Liam Gallagher — Red Hot Chili Peppers Hong Kong — building a body of international work alongside the PH scene.

2011
2018
2018

Kamikazee Tagpuan Tour
US · Canada · Australia · Philippines

Documents Kamikazee's comeback world tour across the US, Canada, and Australia — capturing the band's return to the stage and the Filipino diaspora communities that came out to meet them.

2019
2019

Red Bull Photography Academy
South Africa

Selected as one of six photographers worldwide — and among the first women — for the Red Bull Photography Academy in South Africa. Mentored by top photographers and Red Bull HQ, photographing world-class athletes.

2020

The Archive Begins

The pandemic stops the world. Shows are cancelled, venues go dark, and the music scene falls silent. It becomes clear that cultural memory can be lost in times of crisis. The work of building the archive begins in earnest — organizing two decades of images, negatives, and stories before they disappear.

2020
alt164 Press
2026

alt164 Press

alt164 Press is established — an independent publishing imprint dedicated to preserving Filipino music culture through books, stories, and images. First title: the Greyhoundz 20-year archive book, launching April 2026.

2019

By Invitation Only · South Africa, 2019

Red Bull
Photography Academy

One of just six photographers chosen worldwide — and among the first women — for the prestigious Red Bull Photography Academy in South Africa. Mentored by top photographers and Red Bull HQ, photographing world-class athletes and trained in branding best practices.

// Notable Artists Photographed

Foo Fighters · Radiohead · Metallica · Noel Gallagher · Incubus · Jack White · Smashing Pumpkins · The Stone Roses · Usher · Katy Perry · Kanye West · Paramore · Red Hot Chili Peppers · John Mayer · Motörhead · MUSE · DJ Jazzy Jeff

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