I,m a bataknese. Born in North Sumatera, Indonesia. Learn photography since 1987, and start as a professional photographer since 1999. My first professional carer start in a local media in Norths Sumatera Indonesia. And then the Agence France Presse (AFP) send me to Aceh to covering the conflict between Free Aceh Movement and Indonesian government, wich killed thousand people.
The conflict end after big Tsunami hit Aceh. This disaster killed more than two hundred thousand people. Since 2008, I’m started working as a photographer for European Pressphoto Agency based in Aceh.
I’m also working as a writers for the Indonesian English daily news paper, The Jakarta Post where you can read the news of Indonesia