Born in Jakarta, Indonesia (b. 1981), I moved to the United States at age 10. I picked up my first camera in high school and continued to study photography with an emphasis in Fine Art at Sacramento State University.

In 2008, after years of working in the corporate world and not pursuing my passion, I quit my job and decided to travel the world. However, I found myself in the middle of Nov. 26 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. My first instinct was to grab my cameras and document the series of events that followed.

I returned to the States in 2009, sold most of my possessions, and started pursuing photography concentrating on social documentary issues around the world because I believe photography is a catalyst for positive social change. Quoting Eddie Adams, "The most powerful weapon in the world has been, and can be a photograph. Military weapons can only destroy. Cameras in the hands of photographers with hearts can capture: love, hope, passion, change lives and make the world a better place.”

Now based in Sacramento CA, I am a contributing photographer to Polaris Images and Corbis and my images have been featured in New York Magazine, FHM, Stern, and LIFE. I am fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

For assignments please contact me directly.

Awards & Recognitions:
2011: Inaugural Reminder Project Asian Photographers Grant
2011: POYi Emerging Vision Incentive Finalist for project proposal Against All Odds: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Indigenous Papuans.
2011: Asian American Journalist Association-Sacramento Bee Internship.
2010: Eddie Adams Workshop XXIII.
2010: Missouri Photo Workshop MPW.62 (received Nikon Emerging Professional Scholarship).
2010: International Photography Awards (IPA): 3rd Place Editorial General News Non-Pro and
7 Honorable Mentions in Deeper Perspective, Feature Story, Photo Essay, Children, & Travel.
2010: 2nd Place Feature Picture Story SFBAPPA Annual News Photo Contest.