Sugarcane Blues: Seminyak, Bali

I adore going to exhibitions and especially those of the photographic medium. There is an excellent one at Rio Helmi Photo Gallery in Seminyak on until the July 17th.

The Exhibition entitled 'Sugarcane Blues' features works by veteran photo journalist Eddy Hasby. Born in Palembang, Sumatra in 1966, Eddy Hasby began his photo journalism career in 1989 working with a local newspaper in Yogyakarta and later joining the leading national newspaper Kompas. Winner of the Grand Prix Award from UNESCO in 1995 he was profiled by NHK Japan in their program of Asia's Who's Who. Hasby was named best photographer in the 1992 National Journalistic Photography Contest and won the silver and bronze awards in the Salon Foto Indonesia, Canon Asia Pacific Photo Contest, Nikon Calendar 1999 according to the article in the Bali Discovery.

He has participated in joint exhibitions in the Yogyakarta Arts Festival (1992), in Jakarta at the Erasmus Huis (1999) and in an exhibition of sports photographs at the Indonesian Journalistic Gallery in Jakarta (2000).

Nick wrote an excellent and informative article on the Rio Helmi Gallery.