Comments on: Why Imagemakers of the Future? http://riohelmi.com/site/2009/10/why-imagemakers-of-the-future/ everyone is entitled to my opinions Thu, 05 May 2011 10:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kunang helmi http://riohelmi.com/site/2009/10/why-imagemakers-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2515 kunang helmi Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:51:30 +0000 http://www.riohelmi.com/site/?p=676#comment-2515 Back from London where yours truly was robbed of atm card, I attended several frenzied days of Paris Photo which ended on Sunday 22 november. This year was a great year for sales after last year's sales being hit by Madoff debacle. Arab and Iranian photographers were featured and our friend Andreas Lang was shown at Bernheimer Fine Art from Munich. Arab women and Iranian ladies also featured with and without veils. Great stuff and I bought several books as my budget is reduced, but intend to get into this collecting next year. Expensive prints were sold at Howard Greenberg, New York, and Hamilton's among others, with Irving Penn prints; many expressed interest for INDONESIAN photography wo what is stopping us from showing there next year, including Timothy Jeffries of Hamilton's Gallery in London. Books and vintage books, modern photo prints and vintage prints went like hot cakes for the Xmas season and for permanent collections. Read JP next week for a brief report. So hooray for the Blipfest.... Kunang from Paris Back from London where yours truly was robbed of atm card, I attended several frenzied days of Paris Photo which ended on Sunday 22 november. This year was a great year for sales after last year’s sales being hit by Madoff debacle.
Arab and Iranian photographers were featured and our friend Andreas Lang was shown at Bernheimer Fine Art from Munich. Arab women and Iranian ladies also featured with and without veils. Great stuff and I bought several books as my budget is reduced, but intend to get into this collecting next year.
Expensive prints were sold at Howard Greenberg, New York, and Hamilton’s among others, with Irving Penn prints; many expressed interest for INDONESIAN photography wo what is stopping us from showing there next year, including Timothy Jeffries of Hamilton’s Gallery in London.
Books and vintage books, modern photo prints and vintage prints went like hot cakes for the Xmas season and for permanent collections. Read JP next week for a brief report.
So hooray for the Blipfest…. Kunang from Paris

]]> By: Kunang Helmi http://riohelmi.com/site/2009/10/why-imagemakers-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2183 Kunang Helmi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:29:07 +0000 http://www.riohelmi.com/site/?p=676#comment-2183 By the way, book authors have covers and illustrations which are supposed to draw the eye of the beholder and incite them to read. All also had the privilege of seeing Ara Guler's Lost Istanbul which just closed down. Pure black & white photography with such a strong image of Istanbul after the war. These images set poetry in motion by the way. No more from me except after London! Kunang on the way to London from Paris By the way, book authors have covers and illustrations which are supposed to draw the eye of the beholder and incite them to read.
All also had the privilege of seeing Ara Guler’s Lost Istanbul which just closed down. Pure black & white photography with such a strong image of Istanbul after the war. These images set poetry in motion by the way.
No more from me except after London!

Kunang on the way to London from Paris

]]> By: Kunang Helmi http://riohelmi.com/site/2009/10/why-imagemakers-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Kunang Helmi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:39:17 +0000 http://www.riohelmi.com/site/?p=676#comment-2179 I believe that images can be icons, signposts in history and part of visual language, these messages are flashed causing relatively fast reactions by people and are read equally fast. Then the link steps in and a chain reaction of thought is launched, all this in nanoseconds which can form a pattern ie film associated with sound etc. It is important Indonesian media goes through this development to produce something distinctively Indonesian, personality of a nation, witty, sad etc. Just attended vernissage of huge exhibition dedicated to Delpire & Cie at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie. This show goes over four floors with photos set out in patterns, book covers as well, short films to illustrate stories or publicity. Delpire was director of the French state photo gallery, began with layout for books, first was that of legendary Henri Cartier-Bresson, you know that one about Bali with the pink cover and legong dancing girls, part of text by Ratna Cartier-Bresson known as Eli. He was just 23 at the time and had finished medical school. Delpire went on to work for political, cultural magazines etc etc, it goes on and on with book covers of series, never a one off piece, and just proves that images count, whether photography or illustrations, the message gets through. He even brilliantly arranged vegetation and insects to illustrate his subject because the man died too soon, about illustations of this sort plus invitations, could be classed as art, but what is important the EYE is immediately caught and riveted by the beauty, the horror and all the emotions,, It is all there in Indonesia and bravo to the people who connect to the young Indonesians to teach them how to see and to present through excellent photo editing. Good night from Paris I believe that images can be icons, signposts in history and part of visual language, these messages are flashed causing relatively fast reactions by people and are read equally fast. Then the link steps in and a chain reaction of thought is launched, all this in nanoseconds which can form a pattern ie film associated with sound etc.
It is important Indonesian media goes through this development to produce something distinctively Indonesian, personality of a nation, witty, sad etc.

Just attended vernissage of huge exhibition dedicated to Delpire & Cie at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie. This show goes over four floors with photos set out in patterns, book covers as well, short films to illustrate stories or publicity. Delpire was director of the French state photo gallery, began with layout for books, first was that of legendary Henri Cartier-Bresson, you know that one about Bali with the pink cover and legong dancing girls, part of text by Ratna Cartier-Bresson known as Eli. He was just 23 at the time and had finished medical school.
Delpire went on to work for political, cultural magazines etc etc, it goes on and on with book covers of series, never a one off piece, and just proves that images count, whether photography or illustrations, the message gets through. He even brilliantly arranged vegetation and insects to illustrate his subject because the man died too soon, about illustations of this sort plus invitations, could be classed as art, but what is important the EYE is immediately caught and riveted by the beauty, the horror and all the emotions,, It is all there in Indonesia and bravo to the people who connect to the young Indonesians to teach them how to see and to present through excellent photo editing.
Good night from Paris

]]> By: KUNANG HELMI writer http://riohelmi.com/site/2009/10/why-imagemakers-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2155 KUNANG HELMI writer Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:36:30 +0000 http://www.riohelmi.com/site/?p=676#comment-2155 Some art historians might be interested in reading my synopsis of photographers in indonesia until circa 1996 for the encyclopedia of indonesian arts, publ. didier millet. 1.the point being how can one learn if not learning from elders, such as exquisite American photographer IRVING PENN (who just passed away aged in the 90s) and then going out on an adventure to find the new. Indonesia has a surprising amount of good photographers, and is certainly not a backwaters when it comes to photography.Experimentation is important for everybody so as not to stay stiff, even if one sticks to certain rules. 2. Started in 19th century in Indonesia with an Javanese photographer called Kassian Cephas, whether INDO OR NOT, he brought in an Indonesian photographer's view-point despite working for foreigners, there were others as well 3. also an interesting branch of Indonesian womens' photography coming up Some art historians might be interested in reading my synopsis of photographers in indonesia until circa 1996 for the encyclopedia of indonesian arts, publ. didier millet.
1.the point being how can one learn if not learning from elders, such as exquisite American photographer IRVING PENN (who just passed away aged in the 90s) and then going out on an adventure to find the new. Indonesia has a surprising amount of good photographers, and is certainly not a backwaters when it comes to photography.Experimentation is important for everybody so as not to stay stiff, even if one sticks to certain rules.
2. Started in 19th century in Indonesia with an Javanese photographer called Kassian Cephas, whether INDO OR NOT, he brought in an Indonesian photographer’s view-point despite working for foreigners, there were others as well
3. also an interesting branch of Indonesian womens’ photography coming up

]]> By: Alila Ubud http://riohelmi.com/site/2009/10/why-imagemakers-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2064 Alila Ubud Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:14:38 +0000 http://www.riohelmi.com/site/?p=676#comment-2064 We are very proud to sponsor this event showcasing some really talented emerging photographers in Indonesia. Visitors to the BLIPfest event were super enthusiastic! The Alila Ubud Team We are very proud to sponsor this event showcasing some really talented emerging photographers in Indonesia. Visitors to the BLIPfest event were super enthusiastic!

The Alila Ubud Team

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