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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · 11d

Shifting the Frame – Women’s Photographic Practices (1840–1960)

Call for papers (in English) for international conference at Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal, 5–7 March 2026. No registration fee. Deadline for abstracts 4 Oct 2025.

More info: womenphot.fba.up.pt/call-for-pap...

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Aug 28

I will travel to Jakarta next month to attend Jakarta International Photo Festival #5. After that, I will visit Bandung to see Bandung Photography Triennale #2.

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Aug 19

Happy World Photography Day!

One of my fav photographs (young Javanese woman in Yogyakarta circa 1885) by one of my fav photographers (Kassian Céphas, Javanese, 1845–1912) on the cover of one of my fav books about photography (a history of early photography in Indonesia), featuring Tommy the cat. ♥

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Jul 14

Why people love to compare A.I. with calculator really is just beyond me

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Jul 13

Happy birthday, George Eastman
(12 Jul 1854 – 14 Mar 1932)

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Jul 12

Hi! I’m still around, just not posting often.

ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Jun 13

Friday the 13th

ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · May 23

Rest in peace, Sebastião Salgado (1944–2025)

Hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells were sabotaged by departing Iraqis during the Gulf War in 1991, turning the desert into a poisoned inferno. Specialist firefighters moved in an attempt to minimise the damage. In this photo by Sebastião Salgado, a well-capping operation is being completed by American specialists.

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · May 13

I am co-organising and moderating a talk on photography and A.I.—maybe it’s a bit cliché, but it is still necessary to talk about, as the conversation (in local context) so far has been dominated by opinions like “A.I. is killing photography”. A.I. is so much more. Photography is also so much more.

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · May 5

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · May 5

Column: Lewis W. Hine's photos helped child labor laws pass a century ago. We need him again

As states consider loosening laws that regulate child labor, Lewis W. Hine's early 20th century photographs, which helped child labor laws get passed, are worth our attention once again.

www.latimes.com

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 30

Book presentation - Legacies of colonialism in museum collections: The (un)making of Indonesian Islam in the Netherlands, with author Mirjam Shatanawi; discussants Susie Protschky, Adieyatna Fajri, Theo Frids Hutabarat; moderator Marieke Bloembergen - 15 May 2025 hybrid www.kitlv.nl/event-shatan...

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 23

Symposium Future Memories: How Photography Shapes Our Understanding of the World | 14 May 2025 at The Rijksmuseum | A one-day international symposium exploring the impact of photojournalism and documentary photography on our perceptions of the world | Live & online
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/...

Symposium Future Memories - Rijksmuseum

www.rijksmuseum.nl

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 14

Asian Photography Symposia: Photography and Asian Diasporas in the Americas, 26–27 April 2025 at the Center for Creative Photography (in-person and on Zoom). More information, schedule, and registration arts.arizona.edu/events/photo...

Photography and Asian Diasporas in the Americas - Arizona Arts

The symposium "Photography and Asian Diasporas," organized by School of Art Assistant Professor Jeehey Kim, explores the diverse and creative ways that Asian diasporic communities have mobilized photo...

arts.arizona.edu

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 11

He just got home. I was very surprised. I thought I had lost him.

ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 11

My cat came home tonight after being missing for 11 days. I thought I had lost him. But he’s back now. He got very thin, probably hasn’t eaten all these days. He directly asked for food and ate a lot. No wounds. Now I’m afraid to let him out of the house, fearing he’ll be gone for a long time again.

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 11

My cat came home tonight after being missing for 11 days. I thought I had lost him. But he’s back now. He got very thin, probably hasn’t eaten all these days. He directly asked for food and ate a lot. No wounds. Now I’m afraid to let him out of the house, fearing he’ll be gone for a long time again.

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 11

One of my cats went missing on 1 April 2025. I hope he will find his way home, too. ♥

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Apr 10

Our cat came home today! Thin as a rake but whole and purring and hasn't left laps all night.

Not sure how she found her way home after four weeks but she did ❤️❤️❤️

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 3

You can’t sell reality to dreamers.

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 2

Fashion and dress in Autochromes 1907–1930, talk by Cally Blackman on her newly published book

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 1

In the age of A.I., photography is now untethered — Fred Ritchin traces the history of manipulated images in an excerpt from his new book, “The Synthetic Eye”, on @vanityfair.com:
www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

In the Age of AI, Photography Is Now Untethered

The author traces the history of manipulated images in an excerpt from his new book ‘The Synthetic Eye.’

www.vanityfair.com

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Mar 27

I missed a number of webinars because I couldn’t stay up past midnight lately. Internet and video conference platforms have enabled me attend talks held half the world away (network connections have also greatly improved), but time difference is still a huge issue. # notcomplaining # justsaying

ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Mar 23

Spending Sunday afternoon at home in front of a screen on Zoom for these two back-to-back webinars co-hosted by Parallax Asia and Pictures of the Year Asia

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Mar 16

Susan Sontag admitted in 1978 that “On Photography” (1977) is not about photography, while also defended it as not against photography. She claimed that it is about how capitalist industrial society uses photography and its implications.

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Mar 10

“Without a clear plan, a photographer’s archive can become a burden rather than a legacy, leaving heirs — spouses, children or executors — to navigate complex decisions about storage, access and preservation.” On the crisis that is facing photographic archives: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Opinion | Photos are disappearing, one archive at a time

As photographers try to find homes for their work, archives are vanishing, especially in local journalism.

www.washingtonpost.com

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Mar 8

I’ve been joining this wonderful 24-hour symposium on and off since this morning. Many inspiring presentations and many more to come, as it’s only been 11 hours now. (It’s been raining almost all day where I live anyway, so better stay at home.)

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Feb 4

In celebration of International Women’s Day, 8 Mar 2025, Women of Photography will feature the work of photography scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts in an online, 24-hour symposium dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women to photography 1839–2024.
egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphoto...

2025 | Women of Photography: A 24-Hour Conference-a-thon Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025

egrove.olemiss.edu

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