Jake Verzosa (b. 1979, Philippines) is a freelance photographer based in Manila. His work as a successful fashion and commercial photographer in his early years has given him a chance to expand his craft and has taken him to outside destinations around the region. After taking a documentary workshop class under mentor Phillip Jones Griffiths, Jack Picone and Steve Coleman in 2007, he started doing personal works which focuses on local life, youth stories, social issues and shifting cultures. With the lack of channels to show these kind of works, he put up his website and the artist-run Manila Collective photospace and café as is a venue for exhibitions, talks and slideshows.

In 2007, Verzosa has been commissioned by the ASEAN to document forty inspiring stories of youth all over Southeast Asia for the book “Young Southeast Asia”. He came out with his second commissioned book project in 2009 entitled “Where The Children Are” where he documented the different situations of youth in the Philippines. He is now currently working on documenting the last tattooed women of Kalinga province near his hometown Cagayan. His works have been exhibited in Manila, Tokyo, Singapore, Amsterdam and Paris.