The Good To Be Alive

Dedicated to fellow photojournalists around the globe. God bless you.

I post this during my trip to Singapore from Malaysia at Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS) in Kuala Lumpur.

"The Club",Jakarta © 2017 Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro ; All Rights Reserved

My Today and Tommorows

This is you when we first met. I've known for a long time that you're a good woman.
Finally life brings us to Jakarta. Then, the story that had been delayed in Jogja, should continue here. Thank you for willing to fill the empty space in my life. You are my best friend, my shelter and my other half. You mean the world to me. You make life worth living.

"Nindi",Jakarta © 2017 Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro ; All Rights Reserved 

Martha Lotang, A Mangrove Conservation Hero

A portrait of Martha Lotang, or Mama Martha as she is affectionately known, still heads the group Kelompok Cinta Persahabatan — literally, "Lovers of Friendship — is an environmental organization founded by Martha Lotang and her closest friends in Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, in 2008 — and   regularly visits elementary schools around Alor to teach the students about the importance of mangrove conservation and the danger of erosion.

At first, the group's main activity was doing clean-up on empty lands for a fee. The little money they earned, they put into a joint bank account. When World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found out about KCP two years later, they decided to train the group on the basics of mangrove conservation and how to protect the Alor coast from erosion.  

Among other prizes, Mama Martha received the prestigious Women Leadership award from the Coral Triangle Initiative in 2014. 

Photostory was published by The Jakarta Globe

Mangrove Mama

"Martha Lotang", Alor © 2017 Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro ; All Rights Reserved

Women Wear Blood-Stained Kebayas

I have rarely written or posted new photos on this blog. I just posted five stories on July and August. Yes, It happens because I started focusing on photojournalism and working in Jakarta Globe, a Jakarta-based english platform news media in the last few years. After that, all of my photos are always be first-published by JG.

Today, I check my blog and feel very guilty, then I decided to start write again on this blog. Maybe I will not to post a long story or poem like I always did before. I will post my Instax photo (Instax is an instant camera by Fujifilm) once a week. During my photojournalism assingments I brought my Instax camera to photograph certain moments sometimes I gave the result to my subject or I just take it for myself. I also carry it when I attend casual events with friends. Finally,  I took a lot photos with my Instax camera.

Okay, to start this plan, I will start to showing my first instax photo here. I believe that every photo has a unique story behind so I will tell it as a short caption.

Women wear blood-stained kebayas at the National Monument, or Monas, complex in Central Jakarta during a march to protest and raise awareness about violence against women in Indonesia. This photo was taken during Women's March on Saturday (04/03) last year.

Women's March is a movement undertaken by all who concerned with gender equality, human rights and humanity issues. Not only women who participated in this march, but also men all around the world. 

"Women Wear Blood-Stained Kebayas", Jakarta © 2017 Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro ; All Rights Reserved