Documentary and portrait photographer, Semarang

Photographing what does not happen twice

Documentary series on the tidal floods of the Semarang coast, the hands of the batik makers of Lasem, and families who want to be photographed in their own homes.

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11 years of photographing, since 2015

4 series still running

35 mm one lens for every documentary series

0 photographs edited to add or remove anything

Four series, and who is in them

Tidal floods, Tambak Lorok

Families in Tambak Lorok who raise the floors of their homes every few years as the sea keeps rising.

The same three families photographed every August since 2018. The series is still running.

Documentarysince 2018Semarang

Johar market before dawn

Vegetable sellers who arrive at three in the morning, before the market lights come on.

Twenty eight photographs, all lit by what the sellers brought themselves: torches, motorbike lamps and oil lamps.

Documentary2022available light

The hands of Lasem's batik makers

Portraits of the hands of hand batik makers in Lasem, photographed where they work.

Twelve makers, every one of whom saw and approved the final photograph before it was published.

Portrait2023Lasem

Families in their own homes

Commissioned portrait sessions in the family's own home, with no studio and no arranged poses.

Three hours, thirty finished photographs, delivered within seven days.

Commissionsince 2019Semarang and around

Commissions I take

Family portrait at home

Three hours in the family's home, thirty finished photographs, delivered within seven days.

Rp2.800.000per session

A day of documentation

For organisations, events or reportage. Eight hours, every selected photograph delivered.

Rp6.500.000per day

Licensing a series photograph

For media and publishers. Documentary series photographs are not licensed for advertising.

Rp1.200.000per photograph

Ask about dates

Tell me what you want photographed

I reply within two working days. The next open portrait session is in December 2026.