I am a self-taught photographer based in Jakarta, Indonesia, driven by the unscripted theater of everyday life. My work sits at the intersection of street and documentary photography, focusing on the quiet, often overlooked moments that define the human experience

Without the constraints of formal training, I’ve developed a raw, intuitive style that prioritizes authentic storytelling and the preservation of fleeting narratives of the surroundings around me

film photography

.. analog simply slows me down, channeling the explosive character of mine into the picture itself and I’ll let the imagery speak out loud in a quietly manner

monochrome

..gray is representing my fundamental color and drives me to see life in black and white better, snapshot the world in their genuine form without the distraction of color

back in 2024, I had no clue about the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO

then a Rangefinder and Twins-lens reflex camera get me into street photography…

—Nieko Kusuma-