Index World Press Photo
February 2008 | Edition Nine     


This edition’s portfolio comes from 23-year-old Indonesian freelance Sumaryanto Bronto, who took part in a World Press Photo course at the Pañña Institute of Photography in Jakarta in 2007.

His work featured here concentrates on life in his home country, particularly the aftermath of a destructive earthquake in 2006 and the threat of more disaster from a nearby volcano which looked to be on the edge of a major eruption.

"I am still studying archeology at the Gadjah Mada University”, says Sumaryanto. “I started my career in photography as a contributing photographer for AP (Associated Press)”.

His work has been published in international publications such as Stern, Folha, Ewoss News, USA Today and the Washington Post. One shot was named best photo on Yahoo News in 2007.

As well as exhibiting, Sumaryanto says: “I have also published my own photography book titled Fifty Seven Second, a collaboration with other Indonesian photojournalists. It is a documentary on the earthquake that hit Yoyakarta in 2006.”

For the shots in his portfolio, Sumaryanto used a Canon EOS 20D camera, using a mixture of natural and artificial light.

Sumaryanto Bronto



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