Friday, July 11, 2008

Kecil-Kecil jadi Dalang


Cendhikia Ishmatuka Srihascryasmoro. Parasnya mungil dan selalu tampak kalem. Usianya masih sangat belia, tetapi putra pasangan bapak Muryadi dan Ibu Retno Manik Trihapsari yang lahir di kota Solo, 5 September 2001 itu sudah sangat piawai memerankan ki dalang kecil di atas pentas-pentas pertunjukan wayang. Penampilannya pun selalu menarik dan meminta decak kagum penonton, seperti yang terlihat pada pentasnya yang ke-11 di acara Wayang Lintang Johar 4 yang dilaksanakan di kampung Batik, Kauman di kota Solo. Bocah berperawakan kecil tetapi lincah itu bahkan telah melanglang dunia pentas dan pertunjukan wayang di berbagai tempat di Jawa Tengah dan D.I. Yogyakarta.
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Monday, June 30, 2008

review my photographs


Several of my photographs has review by GlobalCompassion.com (”Seeing the World”) is to display photography that reveals life (and stories from life) in people and cultures around the world. The work of one photographer will be featured on the main page each week with a set of nine to twelve photos each. from this web, as follows:
"When I see Sumaryanto Bronto’s photography I’m reminded that talented and well trained photographers are emerging all over the world, and they are documenting their own cultures as insiders with skill and passion. We need to see their work, and I hope this website will be a place where that happens"
more complete please was opened: HERE

Thursday, June 19, 2008

indonesian ladyboy

Thick face powder, lipstick, eye shadow, mini skirt, tanktop, wig, are prepared for along night. Rahmat a.k.a Vita start her night with the routine of putting make up on her face. Smears by smears of face powder padded to her manly face right to end of his making up routine, in front of a big mirror, Vita lighted her cigarette.
Vita, the shemale(transgender) that often stationed in the Tugu train station, Yogyakarta, admitting the start why she became a shemale (transgender)because she was a man that is more interested to his own kind, in another word, a faggot. This shemale (transgender) that have Rahmat as his real name, confessing that being a shemale is his way of life.Read more!

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Buddhist Vesak Celebrations



Vesak is the holiest day in Buddhism and a season of special holy significance to all Buddhists around the world. Vesak Full Moon is the holiest of all the full moon days. On this day are celebrated the birth, the Enlightenment, and the death of the Buddha.
In Indonesia Vesak Day called Waisak, Thousands of Buddhist monks and followers meditate for the moment of Vesak at Borubudur temple and Mendut temple. Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak Day or 'The day of Buddha's birth, his enlightenment and his reaching of nirvana'. Buddhism is one of five official religions in the world largest Muslim populated nation. Read more!

Friday, May 2, 2008

RAMAYANA BALLET , the classic Hindu tale of honour, magic and courage.


Ramayana Ballet is based on the epic of Ramayana, which it's story is depicted on the wall of Prambanan tample, the show tells about the fight between the evil symbolized by Rahwana, malicious king of Alengka and the good, represented by Sri Rama, Price of Ayodyapala.
The entire story is presented in a series of dance movements done by dancers, Gamelan orchestra is also played to make the show even more entertaining by gamelan music. There is no dialog among the dancers. The only storyteller is the “sinden” (female singer) who describes the coarse of the story through Javanes songs. the Ramayana ballet usually ends up with Rama and his followers wining back Shinta from the clutches of Rahwana, but for me Ramayana Ballet started from backstageRead more!

Friday, February 1, 2008

World Press Photo - Enter edition nine


I received an email from the editor of the "ENTER" magazine (the magazine world press photo) was enamelled by him said that in the edition this time I'am was chosen to put forward several photographs of my work, to enter in the magazine enter the edition 9, more complete please was opened: HERE

Thursday, January 24, 2008

honored as best of category Democracy and Governance


Apparently for a long time very much (around November 2007) when I was joining the training photojournalist at jakarta, at that time I was reading enter magazine in that magazine I read about one Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest
According to this magazine:
photoshare's Annual Photo Contest, every year between August and December, is a popular international event encouraging photographers to share work for charitable and educational use in return for a chance to win a prize. Participants contribute to a growing collection of development-oriented photography, helping non-profit organizations communicate health and development issues worldwide.
And I tried to send my photojournalist (Around 4 photographs)
Guarded in January a letter entered my email...
YESSSS!! One of my photos was recently honored as best of category Democracy and Governance by Johns Hopkins-photoshare, just visit HERE

Friday, January 18, 2008

TATO, lifestyle seni melukis tubuh



Seperti pada sebuah kamar operasi, satu orang tengah duduk berbaring menahan kesakitan dengan disinari lampu sorot sementara 2 orang dengan sarung tangannya mulai bekerja dengan jarum dan tinta yang digerakkan motor-tape.sebuah gambaran betapa seriusnya mereka!!
TATO simbol kriminalitas atau lifestyle?

sering saya melihat sebuah berita kriminalitas di stasiun tv, TATO lah yang menjadi bagian frame-frame penayangan berita, WHY? apakah saat ini tato masih identitik dengan dunia kriminalitas?
cara pandang yang KUNO!! timbul dalam benak saya....
saya melihat tato murni sebagai seni yang indah dan enak dipandang mata dan ketika saya melihat tato dilngkungan keseharian saya lebih pada sebuah lifestlye

so, kapan saya diTATO?
wah mikir dua kali mengingat proses pembuatan tato itu tidak mudah. Butuh ketahanan tubuh yang prima ketika proses penatoan tubuh dilakukan dan siap menerima sangsi moral dari masyarakat disekitar saya.
tato bagi saya hanya cukup sebagai objek beberapa foto saya, seperti pada sebuah malam dimana saya menghadiri acara forum bergambar di sebuah club yang terletak dibawah tanah....
ini pertama kalinya saya datang di club tersebut, meskipun sudah 8 tahun dijogja.
suara-suara bising dan teriakan-teriakan menyemangati seorang pria yang duduk dibangku "kesakitan" menahan perihnya jarum-jarum yang menusuk kulit untuk meninggalkan tinta. sekitar 30 menit usai sudah penderitaan pria tersebut,walhasil dua buah tato menempel di lehernya!!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

PORTRAITURE, person at work






“In photography, the smallest thing can become a big subject, an insignificant human detail can become a leitmotiv. We see and we make seen as a witness to the world around us; the event, in its natural activity, generates an organic rhythm of forms.” Henri Cartier-Bresson (France, 1908–2004)

same with Portraiture, visual representation of individual people, distinguished by references to the subject's character, social position, wealth, or profession. Just about anyone who can aim a camera can make a portrait. It goes without saying that some do it better than others. Top portrait photographers do it all the time, reliably producing outstanding portraits with just about every subject they photograph. Why is that? What do they know and what do they do that makes their portraits special? The answer to both these questions is “quite a bit,” because there is lots to know about a lot of things in order to produce a great portrait. i have Portraiture project about person at work, The world of work is a fascinating subject for photographers and, as most of us work at some point in our lives, it affects almost everyone on the planet. Many of the pictures a photographer is assigned to shoot involve people working in some way.
some my project about person at work can see HERE