This thematic section of the exhibition consists of a group of  35 Photographs, 15 objects and a slide projection. 

 

Rama Surya was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra.  He has completed several photographic essays showing the juxtaposition of Balinese traditional culture with the encroachment of modern civilization. 

 

After graduating from his journalistic studies at the Dr. Soetomo Institute in Jakarta in 1995, Rama Surya published his remarkable photo essay "Yang Kuat Yang Kalah (The Strong Ones are the Beaten Ones"), published by Gramedia Press in Indonesia in 1996.  Other photo essays include a report on the East Kalimantan, Borneo, forest fires which made him also known in Europe, and which was shown on the occasion of the Bieler Fototage '98.  His work on the "Yogyakarta Street Mythology" was exhibited at the Nikon Image House Gallery in Kusnacht/Zurich in 2000, two years after having been rated "Photographer of the Year 1997" by the German fotoMagazin.

 

Today, Rama Surya lives with his wife, author Susi Andrini, and two children, Syams and Ara, in Sanur, Bali. 

 

His Bali project took him eight months to be realized.  He used 300 rolls of Kodak Tri-X 400 and T Max 3200, and worked with two cameras, a Leica M6 with Summicron Asph. 35 mm , and a Leica R6 with 60 mm Micro.