Kim Komenich (Screen grab from GMANews.TV)

MANILA, Philippines - 25 years after “People Power,” American photojournalist Kim Komenich, whose photographs of that historical event won him the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, returns to the country to thank the people that were instrumental in earning him the plum.

“I can't tell you how many people I owe a picture to. I've never been very good at saying thank you because I've always been running and running and running. This is an opportunity for me to thank them," said he in an interview with GMA News.

Part of Komenich's effort to show gratitude to Pinoys is to track down and interview the people he photographed in 1986--both the famous and not-so-famous-- which he then plans to assemble into a documentary film dubbed, “Revolution Revisited."

Komenich said his aim is to find out how the revolution had shaped the country, through the individual stories of those who witnessed it first hand.

“Twenty-five years is a perfect time to do this because, for the most part, everybody's still around, and everybody has fond memories of it. It's something they went through together, and it brings back good memories. And I think if I go for 30 years or 50 years, it's gonna be too late," he explained.

The 54-year-old Komenich, who is currently a professor of multimedia storytelling at San Jose State University in Northern California, also plans to produce a photo exhibit, a book, and an iPad application related to the project.

Among key EDSA personalities that had already lent time to the project are former First Lady Imelda Marcos, former President Fidel V. Ramos, former Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, and close relatives of former President Corazon Aquino.

Komenich is continuing his search, posting photos from the revolution online, hoping that netizens might be able to identify some of the faces and contact him.

Komenich hopes to finish work on the project in time for the 25th anniversary of the revolution in February.