Its the 66th birthday of Indonesia Air Force.
Indonesia Air Force 2012
Author: jadiguna
Photojournalist - writer
The Clash
A photo series about the student protest movement against the Indonesian government plan to raise the fuel price.
Mat Kodak : “Ente pengen jadi wartawan foto? Kuncinya curiosity.. rasa pengen tahu”
“Ente pengen jadi wartawan foto? Kuncinya curiosity.. rasa pengen tahu”
Itulah sepenggal pesan dari bang Ed “Mat Kodak” Zoelverdi kepada saya saat bertemu pada medio 2005, sebelum saya memulai karir saya sebagai pewarta foto profesional di Indonesia. Seorang wartawan berangkat dari rasa ingin tau. Rasa ingin tau membuat seorang pewarta foto rela menempuh perjalanan ribuan kilo dan melewati berbagai rintangan untuk mendapatkan cerita yang kemudian di tayangkannya melalui medium foto.
Kala lain saat bertemu, beliau juga mengajukan pertanyaan, “ente ga pengen di pandang jadi warga kelas 2 di redaksi, tapi ente siap ga jadi warga kelas 1?”.
Sikap yang lugas tegas, prinsip yang mantap dan sikap elegan bang Ed yang tidak pernah lepas dari pipa rokoknya menjadikan sosoknya meninggalkan kesan tersendiri bagi semua figur yang pernah mengenalnya.
Lahir di Aceh, tanggal 12 Maret 1943, Ed Zoelverdi memulai kariernya dalam dunia jurnalistik dengan bergabung dengan harian KAMI pada era 1960-an. Hasrat pada komunikasi visual di mulainya dengan design grafis dan belajar melukis pada Nashar dan Oesman Effendi di Balai Budaya Jakarta sebelum akhirnya memegang kamera dan belajar fotografi secara otodidak.
Pada tahun 1971, bang Ed bergabung di majalah berita mingguan Tempo dan meletakkan dasar-dasar tradisi foto jurnalistik di majalah yang sempat mengalami pembredelan pada tahun 1994. Tahun 1995 bang Ed bergabung di majalah mingguan Gatra dengan posisi sebagai staf editor hingga periode tahun 2000-an. Selepas berkarier di media, bang Ed kemudian mencurahkan hasrat jurnalistiknya dengan mengajar di sejumlah Universitas nasional.
Sosoknya yang tinggi flamboyan, selalu tampil dengan safari gelap, kacamata dan rambut klimis menjadikan sosok bang Ed sebagai figur yang melekat di mata mahasiswa yang sempat mengenalnya di kelas. Jurnalistik adalah dunia yang menjawab rasa ingin tahu. Berani bertanya, pintar berpikir dan tekun mencari adalah kunci dalam menyajikan materi jurnalistik bermutu.
Beliau membuktikan dengan kiprahnya di dunia jurnalistik bahwa seorang pewarta foto bukanlah sekedar tukang foto. Seorang pewarta foto merupakan penyampai pesan cerita kehidupan dan menyajikannya melalui sebuah atau serangkaian foto bercerita. Buku karya beliau “Mat Kodak, Melihat Untuk Sejuta Mata” (Grafitipers, 1985) menjadi salah satu buku wajib bagi semua insan yang tertarik untuk berkiprah di dunia foto jurnalistik Indonesia hingga kini.
Kepergiannya pada Rabu dini hari, 4 Januari 2012, akibat kanker paru-paru terasa sangat mengejutkan. Dunia jurnalistik Indonesia, khususnya dunia foto jurnalistik kini kehilangan salah satu guru dan pemberi inspirasi. Gaya bang Ed yang keras dalam memberikan kritik foto selama ini menjadi salah satu cemeti utama dalam memajukan dunia foto jurnalistik di Indonesia.
Selamat jalan bang Ed Zoelverdi.
(Jerry Adiguna / Ketua Pewarta Foto Indonesia)
Bonita and the Hus Band: Wonders of small miracles
“Small miracles / they’re making small miracles / from the birth of a child ’till he learns how to walk / small miracles / thank God I’m alive.…”
Bonita and the Hus Band believe in small miracles.
As they put it in the song “Small Miracles”, the group, which classifies its music as folk pop, said that having faith in small wonders makes dreams come true. In the same spirit, they formed the band in 2006.
With her husband, Petrus Briyanto Adi (Adoy) as lead guitarist, Bharata Eli Gullo (Bharata) on percussion and Jimmy Tobing (Jimmy) on saxophone, singer Bonita creates fresh acoustic folk songs.
Bonita comes from a strong musical background. Her powerful vocals won her the Southeast Asia singing contest, Asia Bagus, in 1994, which came as no surprise given her parents’ strong influence.
Her mother, Herdawati was a jazz singer when she married her father, legendary Indonesian emcee and singer, Koes Hendratmo. Her brother, Hendra Perdana or Anda is also a musician with a couple of hits that still echo with Indonesian music fans.
Getting married to Adoy brought deeper maturity to Bonita’s music.
“Adoy makes me see life in a more positive way. He helps me create positive lyrics,” she said. The group’s songs are mostly talk about hope, love and dreams.
As one of the founding members of indie band Cozy Street Corner in 1996, Adoy’s passion to create new tunes and fresh new Indonesian music has been a strong driving motivation throughout his life.
The band first got its name from popular host, Farhan, in a show at a cafe in Kemang, South Jakarta, at the end of 2006. Farhan introduced Bonita and her band, consisting of her husband and his two buddies, as Bonita and the Hus Band, a spontaneous play on her spouse’s participation in the band.
“To deliver a positive message through our songs is the reason we created the band,” said Adoy.
Their concert, titled Small Miracles, is scheduled for Feb. 1 at Graha Bhakti Budaya, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Central Jakarta. It will be the second for Bonita & the Hus Band after their first official concert last year in Salihara Theater, South Jakarta.
“We started with a dream and no money in our pocket, but it has gone well. It’s truly a small miracle,” said Bonita.
Excessive use of force
The student movement has been a symbol of change since the first chapter of The Republic of Indonesia history. Within the journey of its democracy and changes of rulers, the student movement has been always been the bearer of hope to the Indonesia people.
The self-burning act of late Sondang Hutagalung has brought us the big question. And the answer could be affect the whole nation.
This series of photo is a part of a project that has been a witness of that process. About how we can answer the big question to find true Freedom, Justice and wealth for the Indonesian people.
Monas celebration
Its take a while but once its build the image will stay.
So does Monas image and what it represent for the Jakarta residence. Build as a symbol of light for the Indonesian people, Monas that took the image of candle with its light became the given icon of the Jakarta city.
After 50 years of history what have Monas became now? And what will it became for the future generations of Indonesian people?
A day: 11112011
One day in assignment.
JADIGUNA 