10th in our series of emerging Indonesian photographers to be exhibited at the Alila Ubud is Gus De
Meet IMAGEMAKERS OF THE FUTURE: Gus De
Gus De majored in economics at college. He developed a passion for landscape photography when his father gave him a camera in 1992. For a time he was unable to pursue this passion due to financial limitations, but in 2002 took up photography once again. His training has come exclusively from images he has studied on the Internet. Now Gusde works as a professional photographer for a surf company, and as a freelancer for magazines such as Rolling Stone, Trax, Cosmo Girl, Bella Donna Wedding, The Beat, Spice, Girl Friend, JUENE and Blend Magazine.
For GusDe, the world of photography is a world of beauty and fun. It opens him to many things – to falling in love with nature and culture, and to interacting with the people around him.
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Gus De berpendidikan S1 di bidang ekonomi. Ia mulai mencintai fotografi, terutama fotografi lanskap ketika ayahnya menghadiahkan sebuah kamera saku di tahun 1992. Walau eksplorasinya di dunia fotografi sempat terhenti akibat keterbatasan finansial, ia tetap mengikuti perkembangan dunia tersebut di internet. Pada tahun 2002, ia kembali mendalami kesenian ini. Ia jujur mengakui bahwa internet adalah ranah ia menimba ilmu, menguasai konsep dan tehnik fotografi dari mengamati berbagai macam imaji yang berserak di dunia maya tersebut. Kini Gus De bekerja sebagai desain grafis dan photographer di sebuah surf company dan seorang freelance photografer untuk majalah seperti Rolling Stone, Trax Magz,Cosmo Girl, Bella Donna Weddingku magz, The Beat, SPICE, Girl Friend, JUENE dan Blend Magz.
Baginya, fotografi adalah dunia yang sangat indah dan menyenangkan, sebuah media yang mengajarkan banyak hal – untuk mencintai alam, budaya dan bagaimana berinteraksi dengan orang-orang di lingkungan sekitar.