Rugged life of Jakarta on display

Rugged life of Jakarta on display

JAKARTA (JP): Seven young photographers who trained for one
year with photographers from Antara Photo Journalism Gallery will
show their black-and-white works on life in the capital during a
27-day exhibition at the gallery beginning on Wednesday.

Titled Kota Kita - Jakarta Keras (Our City - Rugged Jakarta),
the Aug. 11 to Sept. 6 exhibition will display 90 works from
Alexander Louiciano, Alwis Rutam, Arizona Sudiro, Fajar
Sitanggang, Mohammad Iqbal, Roy Rubianto and Widya Sartika Amrin.

The photographs take viewers down the narrow alleys of
Manggarai in Central Jakarta, let them breathe in the smell of a
morgue, put on display the inner hostility of a STM technical
high school student and capture the smoke of a marijuana
cigarette wafting in the dim lights of South Jakarta's Blok M.

"They're not only going to give their testimony, but also tell
us about the rugged daily life of this megalopolis," exhibition
organizers said in a statement on Monday.

According to a tentative schedule, the annual exhibition on
life in the city will be opened by Governor Sutiyoso.

The Kota Kita photo exhibition has been held since 1994, each
year with a different theme, including Old City, Jakarta
Community, Play in Jakarta and Jakarta Interior. (bsr)