Kisah Mata - Fotografi Antara Dua Subyek: Perbincangan Tentang Ada (Kisah Mata - Photography Between Two Subjects: A Conversation About Being)
Seno Gumira Ajidarma philosophizes about photography, the act of taking photographs and then viewing them. Is the photograph objective or subjective in nature? Kisah Mata does not argue whether a photograph is art or not, objective or subjective, but rather in relation to the horizon of "being," constructed by the Subject-who-Photographs and witnessed by the Subject-who-Looks. The existence of photos as meaning arose from the fusion of the two horizons.
[Paper back | 346 pages | 170 x 252 mm | Bookpaper 80 gsm | Perfect binding | Gang Kabel Publishing 2022]
KALACITRA: Kumpulan Esai Fotografi (KALACITRA: a collection of photographic essays)
Kalacitra expands on Seno Gumira Ajidarma's discussion of photography as a visual practice in Kisah Mata. It is a collection of photo exhibition reviews, critical notes on photojournalism, the paradox of beauty in photographs, photo images in comic books, romance, lines of poetry, and fiction-manipulation in contemporary photography practices. The writing period, 1999 - 2021, provides an overview of the time (kalacitra) depicted in the photographs in this book.
[Paper back | 279 pages | 170 x 252 mm | Bookpaper 80 gsm | Perfect binding | Gang Kabel Publishing 2022]