The Banda Journal in One World November 2019

December 10, 2019 in Editorial, Documentary, Tearsheet

Some images from The Banda Journal is published in November 2019 issue of One World. Really happy that images from Banda Eli also included in the final publications in the magazine. Banda Eli is a small village at the eastern side of Kei Besar island. This is where the descendants of the original Bandanese who escaped Dutch atrocities in 1621 still live until these days.

Meanwhile, a dedicated book for this project, designed by Jordan Marzuki, is currently at the finishing stage. If all is going well, it will be published by the first quater of 2020. Can’t wait!

On the President's Trail for Bloomberg News

November 05, 2019 in Editorial, Documentary, Portrait Photography, Photojournalism

It came as a suprise when I was given a rare access to follow and photograph Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, to accompany an exclusive interview led by John Micklethwait for Bloomberg News last October. During one full day, I followed him around the city of Surakarta, Central Java (his hometown) and ended with a five minutes portrait session in a makeshift studio that I set at airport's VIP room.

I feel so lucky that I happened to photograph him during two decisive times. The first was five years ago, shortly before he was running for presidency. And this one, shortly ahead of his second inaugration.

Rebel Riders published on Esquire Russia

July 18, 2019 in Documentary, Publication, Tearsheet

Rebel Riders is published for the pages on Esquire Russia June 2019 photo feature.

Rebel Riders published on National Geographic

July 05, 2019 in Tearsheet, Publication, Documentary

So happy to see ‘Rebel Riders’ is published on National Geographic Picture Stories, accompanied by an insightful writing by Maria de la Guardia.

Read the full story on National Geographic website.

Rebel Riders published on Smith Journal Vol.30

March 07, 2019 in Documentary, Tearsheet

Smith Journal, an Australian-based publication, published a 6 pages feature of ‘Rebel Riders’ along with an interview regarding the process behind the project on its 30th issue. It will be available on the newsstand until the end of May 2019.

Carbon Credit for The Wall Street Journal

January 08, 2019 in Editorial, Documentary, Tearsheet, Publication

Images (including outtakes) from recent assignment about Carbon Credit for The Wall Street Journal in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).

Exceprt from original text by Jon Emont.

Eleven years ago Dharsono Hartono, a former JPMorgan Chase & Co. banker, spotted what he thought was a new way to make a fortune: climate change. The plan was to snap up rain forest in Borneo, preserve it from logging and sell carbon credits to big polluting companies in the developed world. The earth’s temperature was rising, and this was a way to profit by confronting the problem.

His bet has been on what some investors hope will be the most profitable outcome of a warming climate: government regulation of carbon emissions. Those who correctly anticipate future government responses to climate change are likely to reap profits.

Mr. Hartono went in big. His company’s rain forest, a humid and swampy expanse home to orangutans and clouded leopards, is twice the size of New York City and has one of the largest carbon stores of any such project in the world.

But the carbon windfall never arrived.

A distance board along the bank of the canal inside the peat swamp forest of PT Rimba Makmur Utama.

Burst of water from Katingan river as a water taxi passes.

Portrait of Radius (left) and Hendri Saleh (right), staffs of PT Rimba Makmur Utama, after measuring the depth of peat in the forest.

Staffs from PT Rimba Makmur Utama measure the depth of peat composition in the forest in Hantipan. In this area, more than 3 meters of peat detected before touching the real soil.

Portrait of Asdi, a villager who is benefited from Katingan Mentaya Project initiated by PT Rimba Makmur Utama. In the past he used to pratice slash and burn method for land clearing and also involved in illegal logging. He later joined the project

Portrait of Agus, a young local Dayak tribe, who joined PT Rimba Makmur Utama. He has many roles, one of them is firefighting.

Rebel Riders published on Das Magazine

January 02, 2019 in Editorial, Documentary, Tearsheet

Rebel Riders is published on Das Magazin, January 2019. Very nice and simple layout.

My First Photobook: Rebel Riders

October 28, 2018 in News, Publication, Photobook, Documentary

It’s really unexpected that my project ‘Rebel Riders’ about the Indonesian Extreme Vespa community is becoming my very first monograph. The project was initially started only early last year during my participation of Obscura Photofestival’s Southeast Asian Photography Masterclass under mentorship of Jörg Brüggemann and Tobias Kruse. During the course of the project, my love of the subject started to grow. So after the masterclass was over I decided to continue the project. I wouldn’t say that the photographs only will be amazing, but it’s also because the one who designed it: Calin Kruse from Dienacht

Below are some sample pages from the photobook and also the newsprint index. The book is currently available for pre-order here. If you order it now before November 4, there will be a lot of extras coming along with the book (including free fine art print).

Muhammad Fadli: Rebel Riders
First Edition, 2018
Publisher: dienacht Publishing
Book: Hardcover, clothbound with embossed image and foil stamping on the cover and back cover
Size: 20x28 cm, 128 pages
Supplement/index: 26x36 cm, folded, 24 pages
Photography: Muhammad Fadli
Book design: Calin Kruse /FLUUT Grafik-Design
Collaboration: Yana Kruse