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.