Jadi Pameran Foto Papa Vinka kemarin sempat masuk di beberapa koran lokal Jepang. Diantaranya Koran Kahoku Shindo Newspaper, Ishinomaki Kahoku Newspaper dan city hall. Sebagai istri tentu saja bangga. Walaupun nggak ngerti dibilang apa tuh di korannya, abis pakai bahasa Jepang.
Tapi alhamdulillah untungnya ada versi bahasa Inggrisnya. Jadi ngerti dikit diberitain apa dan ini versi bahasa Inggris dari koran Kahoku untuk berita pameran foto papa Vinka.
Kahoku,
Newspaper, Februari, 7 2014
Connecting the Tsunami Disaster Sites with
Photography
Banda Aceh Civil Servant holds Exhibitions in
Higashimatsushima starting Today
The photography
exhibition of Yuli Martunis (33) starts on the 7that Higashimastshushima Wellness
Center”Yu-pu-to”. He is a civil servant from Banda Aceh, the city damaged by
the Great Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami in 2004. Yuli participates on a
training program hosted by HOPE Higashimatshushima, a PPP organization established
by the Higashimatshushima City after it was hit by the Great East Japan Earhquake
and Tsunami. The title of the exhibition is “Two Places, Twenty Moments.” By
using photography, the exhibition make a
connections between the two cities hit by large scale tsunami, introducing the
progress of reconstruction and rehabilitation, amongs others things.
Photos Captured by Unique Sensitivity
Since last year,
what Yuli has learnt in HOPE includes disaster debris management,and community
business. He started photography two years ago and his skill has won
competitions back in Banda Aceh. The HOPE organized this exhibition as he has been taking photographs on the side
from his training.
Exhibited are ten
photographs taken in Banda Aceh and ten photographs taken in Higashimatshuhima.
The photographaps from Banda Aceh
captured the ship swept inlad by the tsunami, reconstructed mosque, in addition
to sceneries such as the market and Islamic New Years. The photo from Higashimatshushima
shows the Tea Ceremony, a traditional Japanese culture, debris sorting by hand
from a unique sensitivity.
Yuli has been
sent on a JICA project. JICA has been supporting building up of relationship
between the two cities. He finished his
program this month. The exhibition is planned to travel to JICA Plaza Tohoku in
Aoba City of Sendai City.
Yuli says”I chose
photos that expresses the life of the city. It would be nice if many people can
see the exhibition to know more about Banda Aceh.”
The exhibition is
until February 19th. It is open 10am until 10pm. Closed on Thursdays. Free Entry. Please
contact HOPE for futher inormation.