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.
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