Henri Cartier-Bresson

Painting of the Dutch Governor being carried out of the Batavia Palace before celebrations for the newly recognized Republic of Indonesia, December 31 1949.


CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
Jane Levy Reed

IMAGING INDONESIA: Cultural Context and Historic Process
Eric Crystal

ADOLPH SCHAEFER AND BOROBUDUR
H. J. Moeshart

WOODBURY AND PAGE: Photographers of the Old Order
John Bloom

ISIDORE VAN KINSBERGEN: Photographer of Javanese Antiquities
Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer

KASSIAN CEPHAS: A Pioneer of Indonesian Photography
Jan Fontein

KLEINGROTHE'S IMAGES OF TECHNOLOGY: The Reassuring View of the Indies
Peter Kors

ONNES KURKDJIAN: Viewmaker and Entrepreneur
Hedi Hinzler

C. B. NIEUWENHUIS' VIEWS OF SUMATRA
Anneke Groeneveld

H. M. NEEB: A Witness of the Aceh War
Anneke Groeneveld

THILLY WEISSENBORN: The Romance of the Indies
Adrian Vickers

TASSILO ADAM: The Photographer as Cultural Observer
Kunang Helmi

WALTER SPIES: The Artist as Photographer
John Stowell

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: Primacy of the Other over Fact
John Bloom

BEYOND PICTORIALISM: Photography in Modern Indonesia
Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo


Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Contributors

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