Photo expo on RI, UK culture

Photo expo on RI, UK culture

JAKARTA (JP): Photographs depicting education and culture in
Britain and Indonesia are to be displayed in a week-long
exhibition beginning on Saturday in the lobby of the World Trade
Center on Jl. Sudirman, Central Jakarta.

The photographs were taken by two British and two Indonesian
photographers during exchange visits to each others' countries,
according to British Council, the organizers.

The opening ceremony of the Face to Face: Indonesia and
Britain exhibition was held last night at the venue.

The council's arts and publicity officer, Markus S.
Hadipurnomo, said the exhibition was "the culmination of a series
of activities in the field of photography" organized by the
council to commemorate its 50th anniversary in Indonesia, which
falls this year.

The activities included a competition, a workshop and the
exchange program, he added.

Hariyanto from Panji Masyarakat weekly and Andi Kurniawan
Lubis from Medan's Analisa daily were selected and dispatched to
Britain to document culture and education in the West Country,
Teeside, Newcastle, Edinburgh and London.

Their British counterparts, Lucy Davies and Tina Norris, both
of whom are freelance photographers, were sent to record similar
scenes in Java and Bali. (46)