Syarwan Hamid puts photos on display

Syarwan Hamid puts photos on display

JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-five photographers and enthusiasts from
the Indonesian Leica Photography Club will hold a joint
exhibition at Cahya photo gallery in Central Jakarta beginning on
Friday.

According to organizer FX Ratkocodomo of the gallery, each of
the 25 members, including Minister of Home Affairs Syarwan Hamid,
will display five pictures from their portfolios during the
eight-day event. It is the club's first joint exhibition.

"The pictures, 80 percent of which are black-and-white prints,
will be offered to visitors at between Rp 1 million (US$143) and
Rp 3 million each," Ratkocodomo, who is also a club member, told
The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.

Syarwan, a keen shutterbug, has submitted three of his works,
he added.

"Two of them are portraits of flowers and the other one is of
a tree. All of the subjects were taken at the Bogor Palace and
Bogor Botanical Gardens," Ratkocodomo said, referring to
attractions in the city south of here.

All pictures on display measure 30 centimeters by 40
centimeters.

"The theme is free, meaning that each participant could offer
any of their works to be displayed," Ratkocodomo said.

The club, he said, was not affiliated with the German producer
of Leica cameras.

"We're just photographers who use Leica cameras to take
pictures," he added.

The exhibition on the second floor of Menteng Plaza on Jl.
H.O.S. Cokroaminoto will be open to the public daily from 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. until July 2.

Its official opening will be held on Thursday evening.(bsr)