Dito Yuwono | "Recollecting Memories: Tukang Foto Keliling"

At the end of 2013, Dito initiated “Recollecting Memories: Tukang Foto Keliling (Itinerant Photographer) as an on-going research project, focusing on tracking the practices of tourism photography in Kaliurang. This project departs from the photo archives of an informal group of itinerant photographer who was active around 1981 - 2005 as well as the memory of tourism photography practices during the heyday of Kaliurang. This study is now being presented in form of publication and a retrospective exhibition of the anonymous photography group that later referred as “Kelompok Fotografi Kaliurang” (Kaliurang Photography Collective). Through this history of itinerant tourist photography practices, not only we can get an overview of the economic aspects of tourism specifically in Kaliurang, but also learning about the history of the region, the social relations between the local and the newcomers, the political power that works in the realm of photography during the New Order era through a national campaign of “Tourism Awareness” (Kampanye Sadar Wisata), and the fall of Polaroid industry.

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Di penghujung 2013, Dito menginisiasi proyek “Recollecting Memories: Tukang Foto Keliling” sebagai sebuah riset berkelanjutan yang berpusat pada penelusuran praktik fotografi pariwisata di Kaliurang. Proyek ini berangkat dari arsip foto dari sebuah kelompok fotografi informal di Kaliurang yang aktif antara tahun 1981 – 2005 sekaligus dari ingatan akan praktek foto pariwisata yang terjadi di masa kejayaan Kaliurang. Kajian ini telah dipresentasikan dalam sebuah publikasi dan pameran retrospektif dari klub fotografi anonim yang kemudian dinamakan  “Kelompok Fotografi Kaliurang”. Melalui sejarah tukang foto keliling ini, kita tidak hanya mendapatkan sekilas pandang tentang aspek ekonomi pariwisata terutama di kawasan Kaliurang, tapi juga belajar tentang sejarah wilayah, hubungan sosial diantara penduduk lokal dan pendatang, praktik kuasa yang bekerja di dunia fotografi selama masa Orde Baru melalui sebuah kampanye nasional bernama Kampanye Sadar Wisata, dan jatuhnya industri Polaroid

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