It happens all the time: you go to a flea market without knowing what you really look for, and voila– you find something that you really like.
Last week i found this amazing book by Neils A. Douwes Dekker in an old book shop in Blok M, Jakarta. This book is titled TANAH AIR KITA – The Country and People of indonesia, containing over 350 photos –16 photos are color– of once and always beautiful Indonesia. Here are some photos from the book.
The photos are amazing –each and every photo is carefully selected and curated. Many are “never been published and which is not likely to be surpassed in the near future” as it says in the cover. This book is for “those who already know something about INDONESIA will immediately want to possess. For those whom Indonesia is merely a name…it will come as a revelation” .
Neils A is the great grandnephew of the famous Multatuli Edward Douwes Dekker, the author of Max Havelaar — a familiar name for those who fancy history in high school.
Throughout the book the writer praises and only praises the country devotedly — here is a quote: INDONESIA, an equatorial paradise of thousands of tropical islands, great and small, displaying a wealth arts and customs, a land in which age-old traditions exist side by side with up-to-date industries. A land with a past– and a land with a future.
Sangat..sangat..sangat suka dengan koleksi foto disini. Takjub dengan objek foto dan teknik fotografi nya. Lebih takjub lagi, pak luthfi kok bisa ya nemu buku ini! (ngiri.com)Hahaha
Iya kan namanya jg “the picker” alias pemulung heheheh
Membaca, lebih tepatnya, menikmati setiap foto di buku ini tidak hanya takjub dengan objek foto dan teknik memotretnya, tetapi juga pada kecintaan insan manusia terhadap ‘tanah air’ nya. Luar biasa! Terima kasih sudah diberi kesempatan menikmati buku ini beberapa waktu yang lalu
Salam,
Tirta
@tirtamursitama
mursitama.com
Tx komennya:)
Luthfi Buddy,
BRAVO, BRAVO & BRAVO!!! I’m am pleasantly impressed w/ all ur work surrounding vintage!!! And the above book is an ABSOLUTE GEM!! I’d love to buy this book!!! Gotta have it! Are there any more copies?
Keep up d good work!!! No wonder u were interested in my pics of old colonial bldgs and houses across Sumatra.
ciao, d
Heyyy, thanks for the kind words. You know i found it in one of the secondhand book stores in Blok M Square. I can ask the guy to look for one copy for you. Will keep this in mind in my next visit:)
ada yang minat buku ini? punya saya mau dijual.
kontak via Facebook: Andrenaline Katarsis.
Terimakasih.
temen sy ada yg berminat, boleh kontak2 via email langsung? sy di: luthfi_hasan@yahoo.com thx yaa
saya sudah kirim email ke luthfi_hasan@yahoo.com. silahkan di cek. Trims.