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Photographing Yogyakarta’s Hidden Gems in Landscape Photography

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Indonesia’s many natural potentials, both natural and artificial tourism, are an attraction for anyone to see and visit. Not only tourists but also photographers who record and show it to the world. Many of these extraordinary natural beauties are untouched and have yet to be enjoyed by many people.

Some of the points above are Fathur Hidayanto’s reasons for making a photographic work to fulfill his Final Project at the end of his study period at the Department of Communication at the Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII). The results of his work and creative process were appreciated by the Center for Alternative Media Studies and Documentation (PSDMA) Nadim Communication Department at UII. Fathur Hidayanto was invited to share his innovative approach to finally complete the “Portrait of the Enchantment of Indonesia’s Hidden Gems in landscape photography in Yogyakarta”. The discussion was held online on Thursday, November 17, 2022.

Apart from being personally amazed at photographing nature’s beauty, Fathur, a 2019 batch of UII Communications students, was also encouraged by his enthusiasm to advance Small and Micro Entrepreneuship/ SME (UMKM) and Yogyakarta’s tourism industry. “The choice of the landscape is also appropriate to contribute to advancing Jogjakarta’s  tourism and SMEs in the surrounding community,” said Fathur when presenting his journey to work on his final project.

Three Important Stages of Final Assignment

Fathur said three important stages need to be carried out in working on this type of Final Assignment/Thesis. First, Fathur had to make a plan called pre-production. Then carry out the planning in the production period. Next, Fathur didn’t just stop there. After the photo shoot during the production period, he also carried out several post-production processes.

In the pre-production period, said Fathur, photographers can make preliminary observations of which areas, spots, or points they want to take the pictures. After that, based on the observational data, students can immediately create concepts, routes, route planning, financing, and choosing and determining the right cameras and tools for the production process.

Whereas in the next stage, during the production period, the photographer can already carry out the previous plan. Photographers can immediately execute by taking photos of landscape documentation at location that have been previously observed. This shooting also considers the angle/point of view and time (morning, afternoon, or evening), including estimating the right and supportive natural light.

After the photographer has finished executing the planned photos on location, the next stage is post-production. At this stage, according to Fathur, students who will be doing their final project can determine what final result or output they will choose. For Fathur, he decided the result of his work to be an offline photo exhibition and book publication. Fathur said this process costs up to one million rupiahs.

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Game Studies: on Communication Perspective 

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In the study of communication, games are rarely included in the radar of studies considered important. In the past, gaming was just a useless that was done in spare time. But now, the face of the game has changed. Hundreds or even thousands of games are produced every month. Even games have become a business field that generates billions of rupiahs. 

Some of these reasons motivated Andi M. Rafli Manggabarani to research games to be researched as the ultimate task of completing his undergraduate studies in communication science at UII. The results of his research were then responded to positively by the Center for Alternative Media Studies and Documentation (PSDMA) of Nadim Communication Studies, Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) in a discussion. The discussion on October 21, 2022, was moderated by Latifika Gupita, a UII communication student. 

The research conducted by Andi was entitled “Agonistic Relationship in Single-Player Game and the construction of Vilain in Video Game Narrative multimodal proceduralist analysis of Assassin’s Creed III.”

Why did Andi research this? The development of the video game discourse was very rapid in the early 90s and early 2000s, starting to research and analyze games. There was even the first gaming conference in the 2000s. “Unfortunately, the reality is different in Indonesia. Research on games is quiet in Indonesia. Even though games are big business now,” said Andi.

Game studies, said Andi, are interdisciplinary studies. That is, the game can be viewed from various perspectives. It can be viewed from various elements. Such as the program, artistic, visual, narrative, musical, and others. “In the past, gaming was seen as leisure and recreation. Even now, it has been recognized as a sport,” said Andi. 

Andi explained that the game studies that had been analyzed so far, on average, the rest revolved around the depiction of women in video games and several similar ones. Even though the game has other elements that can be said to be unique. For example, the game design itself. “In fact, the elements of this research have not appeared much. This game has its own plot and all kinds of elements (game design), but this is what distinguishes games from movies, books, and others,” said Andi rigidly. 

“The game I chose to discuss was Assassin’s Creed III. This game series is very identical, always packaging the game in the concept of history in all its games,” he said. Andi explained that the game developer, Ubisoft, always consults with historians so that the built games can provide the most accurate picture possible of the setting (place) and historical context. This game has also sold 155 million copies as of October 2020. 

This game tells the story of two secret organizations named Assassin and Templar. The game developer takes the background and historical context of the American revolution that wants to be independent of Britain. Both Templar and Assassin, These two organizations exist to lead human civilization to peace, prosperity, and technological and intellectual progress.

However, both have different approaches to achieving their goals. Assassins believe that humans can progress in an atmosphere of civilization that is full of freedom. While Templar thinks that humans need to be guided and governed. The Templars admitted that they were the most worthy of arranging this. In this video game, the Templar represents a villain (the evil party).

Andi’s research aims to uncover how villains (evil characters and concepts) are built from game design and narrative elements in this game. Game developers image the Templars and values ​​that they believe are considered evil. Andi’s research also wants to reveal what values ​​are considered evil by the Ubisoft game developer and, lastly, what makes someone a ‘villain.’

This question stems from Andi’s assumption why Templars and Assassins are imaged differently even though they have the same goal: prosperity and peace.

More details can be seen on the IKONISIA TV channel https://youtu.be/ax4I8AVVdYA.

 

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Diskusi Nadim: Mengkaji Game dari Perpektif Ilmu Komunikasi

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Dalam kajian komunikasi, game jarang sekali masuk dalam radar kajian  yang dianggap penting. Dulu game hanyalah kegiatan unfaedah yang dilakukan di waktu-waktu luang. Namun kini, wajah game berubah. Ratusan bahkan ribuan game diproduksi tiap bulannya. Bahkan game menjadi ladang bisnis yang mengasilkan miliaran rupiah. 

Beberapa alasan tersebut melatarbelakangi Andi M. Rafli Manggabarani untuk meneliti game untuk diteliti sebagai tugas pamungkas merampungkan studi S1 di ilmu komunikasi UII. Hasil risetnya ini kemudian ditanggapi positif oleh Pusat Studi dan Dokumentasi Media Alternatif (PSDMA) Nadim Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) dalam sebuah diskusi. Diskusi pada 21 Oktober 2022 sore itu dimoderatori oleh Latifika Gupita, mahasiswa ilmu komunikasi UII pula. 

Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Andi itu berjudul “Agonistic Relationship in Single-Player Game and the construction of Villain in Video Game Narativve multimodal proseduralist analysis of Assassin’s Creed III”

Kenapa Andi meneliti hal ini? Perkembangan wacana video game sangat pesat di awal tahun 90an dan awal 2000an mulai banyak meneliti adan analisis game. Bahkan ada konferensi game pertama di tahun 2000an. “Namun sayangnya kenyataannya berbeda di Indonesia. Riset tentang game itu sepi di Indonesia. Padahal game adalah bisnis besar sekarang,” kata Andi.

Studi game, kata Andi, adalah studi interdisipliner. Maksudnya, game bisa dilihat dari beragam perspektif. Bisa dipandang dari sisi program, artistik, .visual, narative, musik, dan lain-lain. “Dulu game dilihat sebatas aktifitas di waktu luang. Sekarang telah diakui sebagai salah satu cabang olah raga,” papar Andi. 

Andi menjelaskan, studi game yang penah dianalisis selama ini, rata-rata sisanya berkutat tentang pengambaran perempuan dalam video game, dan beberapa yang serupa dengan itu. Padahal game punya elemen lain yang bisa dikatakan cukup unik. Misalnya desain game itu sendiri. “Malah justru elemen penelitian ini belum banyak muncul. Game ini punya alur dan segala macam unsurnya (game design) tersendiri, tapi ini yang membedakan game dengan film, buku, dan lainnya,” ungkap Andi secara rigid. 

“Game yang saya pilih untuk dibahas adalah Assasin’s Creed III. Seri game ini sangat identik selalu mengemas game dalam konsep sejarah dalam semua gamenya,” katanya. Andi memaparkan bahwa pembuat gamenya (game developer), Ubisol, selalu berkonsultasi dengan sejarawan agar game yang dibangun bisa memberi gambaran seakurat mungkin dengan latar (tempat) dan konteks sejarahnya. Game ini juga sudah terjual 155 juta kopi hingga oktober 2020. 

Game ini bercerita tentang dua organisasi rahasia bernama Assasin dan Templar. Game developer mengambil latar dan konteks sejarah revolusi amerika yang ingin memerdekakan diri dari Inggris. Baik Templar dan Assasin, Dua organisasi ini ada untuk menggiring peradaban manusia pada perdamaian, kemakmuran, kemajuan teknologi dan intelektual.

Namun keduanya memiliki perbedaan pendekatan dalam mencapaian tujuannya. Assasin percaya bahawa manusia bisa maju dalam suasana peradaban yang penuh kebebasan. Sedangkan Tamplar berpikir bahwa manusia perlu dibimbing dan diatur. Templar mengaku bahawa merekalah yang paling layak untuk mengatur hal tersebut. Dalam video game ini Templat direpresentasikan sebagai vilain (pihak jahat).

Penelitian Andi ini bertujuan untuk membongkar bagaimana villain (tokoh dan konsep jahat) dibangun dari elemen desain game dan naratif dalam game ini. Game developer mencitrakan Templar dan nilai yang mereka yakini dianggap jahat. Penelitian Andi juga ingin menguak nilai apa saja yang dianggap jahat oleh developer game Ubisoft ini, dan yang terakhir, apa saja yang membuat seseorag itu menjadi ‘villain’

Pertanyaan ini berasal dari asumsi Andi, mengapa Templar dan Assasin dicitrakan berbeda padahal punya tujuan yang sama: kemakmuran dan perdamaian.

Selengkapnya dapat dilihat di chanel Ikonisia TV:

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Persepsi Viewers Terhadap Vlog Makanan Asia

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Konten Vlog Makanan semakin menggurita kini ketika teknologi bisa diakses hampir semua orang. Cakupannya pun beragam. Mulai dari Vlogger yang membuat konten untuk konten makanan lokal indonesia, sampai konten Makanan Asia.
Beragam pula persepsi penonton vlog-vlog-nya. Beragam persepsi tersebut tentu saja dipengaruhi oleh banyak hal.

Pada kesempatan Diskusi Nadim sesi I Oktober, Bella Cita Nanda Hawa, Alumni Komunikasi UII (kelas internasional) angkatan 2018, membagikan pengalamanya meneliti persepsi-persepsi viewers atas Vloggers yang membuat konten makanan Asia. Bella hadir pada Diskusi Nadim Komunikasi UII pada 7 Oktober 2022 lewat mediasi ruang konferensi digital Zoom. Diskusi PSDMA (Pusat Studi dan Dokumentasi Media Alternatif) Nadim Komunikasi UII ini diselenggarakan rutin sebagai ruang bertemunya akademisi di Komunikasi UII mendiskusikan temuan sementara dan hasil risetnya, Baik dalam bentuk skripsi, penelitian lepas, dan lain-lain.

Dalam risetnya berjudul, “Persepsi Vlog Perjalanan Makanan Internasional: Makanan Asia dari Ria SW dan Jwestbros,” Bella menangkap ada tiga temuan. Viewers yang diwawancarai oleh Bella mendapatkan konten Vlog makanan internasional oleh Vlogger Ria SW dan Jwestbros sebagai tiga hal. Pertama, konten vlog sebagai sumber informasi, sebagai pendidikan, dan sebagai hiburan. “Vlog makanan memengaruhi cara viewers melihat dan menilai makanan. Food vlog juga memengaruhi viewers untuk mencoba makanan yang diulas,” kata Bella.

Viewers yang diwawancarai Bella ada dalam dua kategori. Pertama, viewers para food travel vlogger yang belum pernah ke luar negeri, dan yang sudah. Ia menemukan tak ada perbedaan efek atau pengaruh di antara kedua kategori ini setelah menonton dua vlogger ini.

Temuan lain adalah, vlog makanan Asia ini ternyata tidak hanya memberikan informasi tentang konten makanan dan travelling, tapi juga menjadi komunikasi antar budaya, antar negara. “Di beberapa konten, vlogger makanan Asia ini juga menggunakan bahasa-bahasa negara setempat,” kata Bella. Misalnya saat mencoba masakan Thai, ada sisipan bahasa Thai saat mengulas. “International Asian Food Travel Vlog juga menyisipkan informasi budaya setempat yang dikunjungi,” kata Bella.

Bella juga membandingkan beberapa temuannya dengan jurnal-jurnal internasional yang membahas tentang topik serupa. Misalnya, penelitian Vlog Makanan di Bilaspur, India, food vlog bisa menjadi alat promosi restoran. Tak hanya isi konten yang memengaruhi viewers, penelitian di Chennai, India, juga menemukan bahwa konten vlogger dapat menarik perhatian penonton karena tiga hal: bahasa tubuh vlogger, makanan yang unik, hingga aspek teknis seperti thumbnail di video blog di layar.

Tonton acara lengkapnya di tayangan di bawah ini:

 

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The Language of Photography, To Capture The Subjectivity 

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Perhaps not everyone will reach a consensus when discussing good and terrible images. There is always a subjective issue with the power of the camera shutter finger. Subjectivity can also evolve in photography; it does so periodically when the mind and body pick up new information.

How the mind and body process and discipline themselves in the process of doing photographic works were conveyed by Zaki Habibi, Lecturer of the Department of Communication at the Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII), in a series of DOC-Camp (Documentary training and media camp) Photo Discussion and Exhibition events in collaboration between PSDMA Nadim UII of Communication Department and Klik18, the Student Photography Club, at the Department of Communication UII, on September 22, 2022. Zaki is a researcher in urban and visual culture studies and a photography enthusiast and practitioner. This photo exhibition took place from September 20 to 23, 2022.

In the photo exhibition entitled Islam and Transformation, Zaki said that this photo discussion is a space of appreciation and a room for reflection on the hard work, thoughts, and determination of Klik18 members. “Appreciating the work of friends who have presented their work. It cannot be separated from work, efforts, thoughts, and hard work, which have been in progress since the first Doc-Camp was held in 2018,” said Zaki Habibi opening his session.

Mind and Body in Process

In this discussion, Zaki Habibi talked about subjectivity, sensitivity, and sensitivity to one’s mind and body processes. He started from his experience when he started his studies in a small Swedish town, Lund. He invited the audience to a discussion to imagine how Indonesians of color and body are relatively small among Caucasians. Who first set foot in the city. The eyes of local people must have been on him. Foreigner.

On his first Friday as a Muslim, He went to a mosque. How surprised he was, it turned out to be the mosque he imagined with a dome, and other distinctive ornaments, more appropriately called an ordinary building. It is not the same as the usual mosque in Indonesia that also build with a dome above. He also took pictures of the oddity.

Zaki Habibi, the Lecturer of The Department of Communication, UII as the Speaker of Photo Discussion of Doc-Camp 2022

After weeks, he lived there and visited the place on hundreds of Fridays. The mosque there no longer made him a stranger. He can now come closer and more intensely by seeing several sides of the place. Able to interact more deeply with other people. Can dig up stories about immigrants from Gaza. “I was able to chat with a lot of people, including Gaza immigrants, about how he came, about who came with him, about who he had to protect, who he left or was forced to stay.”

“Yes, I went with my son and brother, and my wife drowned while here. That’s how it is,” said Zaki telling how his friend told the story in a flat tone, but there was a deep sadness that his friend had held back for years. A photographer can capture sensory and even internal sensors through photos. And this subjectivity will unite with body discipline if it has been trained for years.

Zaki describes how subjectivity is formed and how subjectivity is not neutral. From the simplest things, Zaki explains how someone takes a selfie or selfie. “We are not neutral in front of our cameras. Let’s just take a selfie and choose an angle. Which side of us looks photogenic,” said Zaki.

 

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To Capture Sensory Experience in Photo 

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A photo is more than just a still image that is contained within a frame and cannot move. A photograph might enable the spectator to perceive good and challenging circumstances. The smell of the waste gathered at the Piyungan Final Disposal Site can be captured in pictures (TPA).

In a series of DOC-Camp Photo Discussions and Exhibitions as a result of collaboration between PSDMA Nadim UII Department of Communication and Klik18, Zaki Habibi, a lecturer in the Communication Department at the Universitas Islam Indonesia, became one of the triggers for the photo discussion with the theme “Islam and Transformation”. In the discussion that showcased the 12 themes of the story photos, Zaki conveyed how a photo can turn on various human sensory sensors ranging from taste, smell, and even inner nuances.

“Seeing one photo, we will be taken to feel the rotten smell of a pile of garbage as high as a mountain,” said Zaki, describing the atmosphere of the Piyungan TPA.

Zaki also recounted how he was in the process of recognising a mosque in Sweden, which he initially felt foreign. But after a while, he got acquainted with the place and even conversed with another mosque-goer who is also a Gaza immigrant whose wife drowned in her search for asylum. “Photos can also turn on the inner sensor of suppressed sadness.” Zaki added.

To capture images that turn on the sensors in the body, it also takes a human sensory experience behind the camera itself. Photographers themselves need to explore experiences and keen observations for a long time. “It could be that we just hang out for weeks there, without taking photos,” said Zaki.

Zaki appreciates the Doc-Camp photo exhibition while quoting the curatorial notes from the representative of the curator, Risky Wahyudi, who has been able to present the image of Islam not as a normative matter about the teachings of goodness. But precisely because of seeing from a variety and a different perspective. “It takes sensory sensitivity and social sensitivity to produce a photographic work that is not only a normative issue but also a solution. It’s not just about the teachings of Islam but more about how Islam is present in various aspects of our society’s life,” Zaki quoted the curatorial statement.

“The detailed story in this photo will store and display the wealth of body and mind to make us enrich the other side of just a normative story,” said Zaki.

 

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Diskusi Nadim: Menelisik Ragam Artikulasi Kisah Visual Melalui Bahasa Fotografi

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Membicarakan foto bagus dan tidak, bisa jadi setiap orang tidak akan mencapai titik temu yang presisi. Masalah subjektifitas kekuasaan jari pencet rana kamera selalu ada. Dalam fotografi, subjektifitas juga dapat berubah: berproses dari waktu ke waktu seiring proses pikiran dan sensor tubuh.

Bagaimana pikiran dan tubuh berproses dan mendisipinkan diri dalam proses membuat karya fotografi itu disampaikan oleh Zaki Habibi, Dosen Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Islam Indonesia, dalam rangkaian acara Diskusi dan Pameran Foto DOC-Camp hasil kerjasama antara PSDMA Nadim Prodi Ilmu Komunikasi UII dan Klik18, klub Fotografi di Ilmu Komunikasi UII, pada 22 september 2022. Zaki adalah peneliti kajian kultur urban dan visual sekaligus penikmat dan praktisi fotografi. Pameran foto ini telah berlangsung sejak 20 hingga 23 September 2022.

Dalam pameran foto yang bertajuk Islam dan Transformasi, Zaki mengatakan bahwa diskusi foto ini menjadi ruang apresiasi sekaligus ruang refleksi atas kerja keras, pemikiran, dan keteguhan anggota Klik18. “Mengapresiasi karya teman-teman yang sudah menghadirkan karyanya. Tak lepas dari kerja, upaya, pemikiran, dan kerja keras, yang berproses sejak Doc-Camp pertama diadakan sejak 2018,” kata Zaki Habibi membuka sesi materinya.

Pikiran dan Tubuh yang Berproses

Dalam diskusi ini, Zaki Habibi bercerita tentang bagaimana subjektifitas, kepekaan, dan sensifitas berproses dalam pemikiran dan tubuh seseorang. Ia memulai dari pengalamannya saat ia mengawali studi di kota kecil di Swedia, Lund. Ia mengajak hadirin diskusi untuk membayangkan bagaimana orang Indonesia yang berkulit berwarna dan berbadan relatif kecil di antara orang bule. Terlebih ia adalah orang yang pertama kali menapakkan kaki di kota itu. Pandangan mata orang setempat pastilah tertuju padanya. Asing.

Di hari jumat pertamanya, sebagai seorang muslim ia harus jumatan. Ia pun pergi ke sebuah masjid. Betapa herannya dia, ternyata masjid yang ia bayangkan dengan kubah, dan ornamen khas lainnya, lebih pantas dikatakan sebagai ruko. Dan kecil pula. Ia pun memotret kejanggalan itu.

Setelah berminggu-minggu tinggal di sana, dan ratusan jumat dia datangi tempat itu, “masjid yang ruko” di sana sudah tidak lagi membuatnya asing. Ia kini bisa datang dengan lebih dekat dan intens dengan melihat beberapa sisi tempat itu. Bisa makin dalam berinteraksi dengan orang lain. Bisa menggali cerita tentang imigran dari Gaza. “Saya lama-lama bisa mengobrol dengan banyak orang termasuk imigran gaza, tentang bagaimana dia datang, tentang siapa saja yang datang bersamanya, tentang siapa yang harus dia lindungi, siapa saja orang yang ia tinggalkan atau terpaksa ia tinggal.“

“Ya saya pergi dengan anak dan saudara saya, dan istriku dah tenggelam saat ke sini. Begitulah,” kata Zaki menceritakan bagaimana temannya bercerita dengan nada datar tetapi ada kesedihan mendalam yang ditahan bertahun-tahun. Seorang fotografer akan mamu menangkap sensor-sensor indrawi bahkan batin lewat foto. Dan subjektifitas ini akan bersatu dengan disiplin tubuh jika sudah terlatih selama bertahun-tahun.

Zaki menggambarkan bagaimana subjektifitas itu dibentuk, dan bagaimana subjektifitas tidaklah netral. Dari hal yang paling sederhana, Zaki menggambarkan bagaiman seseorang berswafoto atau selfi. “Kita nggak netral di depan kamera kita. Kita aja foto selfi milih angle. Sisi mana kita terlihat fotogenik,” kata Zaki.

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Diskusi Nadim: Pengalaman Sensori dalam Sebuah Foto

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Foto bukanlah sekadar sebuah gambar beku yang tidak bergerak dan terbatas dalam bingkai. Sebuah foto bisa mengajak penikmatnya untuk melihat kondisi susah dan bahagia. Bahkan foto bisa mengadirkan aroma busuk dari sampah yang menggunung di Tempat pembuangan Akhir (TPA) Piyungan.

Dalam dalam rangkaian acara Diskusi dan Pameran Foto DOC-Camp hasil kerjasama antara PSDMA Nadim Prodi Ilmu Komunikasi UII dan Klik18, Zaki Habibi, dosen Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Islam Indonesia menjadi salah satu pemantik diskusi foto yang bertema “Islam dan Transformasi” itu. Dalam diskusi yang memamerkan 12 tema foto cerita itu, Zaki menyampaikan bagaimana sebuah foto mampu menyalakan beragam sensor indrawi manusia mulai dari rasa, bau, bahkan, nuansa batiniah.

“Melihat satu foto, kita akan dibawa untuk merasakan aroma busuk tumpukan sampah setinggi gunung,” ungkap Zaki menceritakan suasana TPA Piyungan.

Zaki juga kembali memceritakan bagaiamana ia berproses mengenali masjid di Swedia yang apada awalnya ia merasa asing. Tetapi setelah lama, ia mulai mengenal tempat dan bahkan bercakap dengan salah seorang pengunjung masjid lain yang juga merupakan imigran Gaza, yang istrinya tenggelam dalam perjalanannya mencari mencari suaka. “Foto juga bisa menghidupkan sensor batin tentang kesedihan yang tertahan.” Imbuh Zaki.

Untuk bisa menangkap gambar-gambar yang menghidupkan sensori dalam tubuh, juga dibutuhkan pengalaman sensori manusia di belakang kamera itu sendiri. Fotografer itu sendiri butuh menggali pengalaman dan pengamatan yang jeli untuk waktu yang tidak sedikit. “Bisa jadi kita cuma nongkrong saja selama berminggu-minggu di situ, tanpa menghasilkan foto,” kata Zaki.

Zaki mengapresiasi pameran foto Doc-Camp ini sembari mengutip catatan kuratorial dari perwakilan kurator, Risky Wahyudi, tersebut yang telah mampu menghadirkan rupa islam bukan sebagai perkara normatif tentang ajaran-ajaran kebaikan. Tapi justru karena melihat dari ragam dan perpektif berbeda. “Butuh kepekaan sensoris dan kepekaan sosial untuk membuahkan karya fotografi yang bukan sekadar persoalan normatif tapi juga solutif. Bukan sekadar tentang ajaran islamnya tetapi lebih pada bagaimana Islam hadir di berbagai sendi-sendi kehidupan masyarakat kita,” kata Zaki mengutip pernyataan kuratorial tersebut.

“Cerita detil dalam foto ini akan menyimpan dan menampilkan kekayaan tubuh dan pikiran untuk membuat kita memperkaya sisi lain dari sekadar cerita normatif,” kata Zaki.

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Photographing Photo Story with High Difficulty Level Photo Techniques  

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The official Doc-Camp photo story exhibition and discussion were held from 20 to 23 September 2022. In the first Photo Discussion, Nadim (the center of media alternative studies) presented Boy Harjanto as a speaker to dissect 12 photo story themes from UII students across the globe. From across the class and department. Boy said in addition to technical photography, the photo exhibition of the participants has tried to raise various themes. Even so, there are some assessments from him.

He judged that some photographers were still not brave enough to experiment with photo techniques with a fairly high difficulty level. “For example, using panning, slow motion, zooming, rotation, and other technique,” said Boy Harjanto in a Photo Discussion by Participants of the 2022 Doc-Camp Photo Exhibition; this discussion is a result of the collaboration between PSDMA Nadim Communication UII and Klik18 that held on September 20, 2022. Boy gave an assessment and dissects the photos of the participants while also showing examples of his works that capture the moment of Iqra’s printing around Kotagede or freezing the routine activities of Ramadan in Jogokariyan with various experiments of high-level photography techniques.

Therefore, in addition to considering the technical aspects of photography and photo experimentation, photo story photographers must also consider what Boy calls the storyline exposure technique. A photo story is a technique of telling stories through photos. So photo story photographers must be able to play smart with photos and storylines.

“In terms of storyline presentation, Doc-Camp photographers, some of them have focused on making story photos according to the plans made,” Boy explained. “Although there are also participants who are less focused on the plans that have been made previously,” said Boy. For example, there is a team that creates another storyline in the photo of the story itself.

This Doc-camp Photo Story class combines student photographers from across generations, departments, faculties and multi genders with various themes. So, not all photographers are dominated by men. “This class is divided into two groups with different durations. Doc-camp 2019 resulted in the production of seven photo story titles that were done individually and in groups. Then Doc Camp in 2022 produced five photo story productions. Personally and also the majority are made in groups,” said Boy. In total, 12 story photos have been produced by all participants with various themes. For example, the theme of Islamic traditions at the Ancient Kraton Pathok Negoro Mosque in Plosokuning, the anti-mainstream recitation of Ngaji Filsafat (a religious recitation that study of Philosophy as the material) at the Sudirman Mosque, Biker Subuhan (Subuh bikers), to portraits of a pesantren with deaf majority students in Sleman.

At the end of the event, Naufal Syahrofi, Chairman of Klik18 (UII Communications student also the head of the student photo community), gave a memento from the Department of Communications, UII, to Boy T. Harjanto, their speaker and mentor during the process of making and producing photo stories in 2022. Boy has accompanied the participants from the training process, planning, sequencing, to photo curation and exhibitions.

(Featured Photos by Nabiel Marazieq)

Gunawan Marjito, speaking on behalf Doc-Camp initiators, talk about the idea of Doc-Camp as a students media development program with high-quality standard driven by a lot of mentors from staff and lecturers of The Department of Communications, UII since 2018 (Photo by Desyatri Parawahyu)

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Capturing the Face of Islam in Photos: the Opening of the Doc-Camp

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After being delayed because of two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the exhibition of seven photo story themes from the Photographer who received the Doc-Camp (Doctrine-Media Camp) scholarship in 2019 was also successful. This time, the exhibition also collaborates with 16 participants of the 2022 Doc-Camp, a collaboration with a communication student community that focuses on the world of photography at UII, namely Klik18. Klik18 contributed five photo story themes to this exhibition.

The aspiration to see the face of Islam 20 years after reform has existed since 2018. “We, Mas Muzayin, Ali MInanto (both are Communication Lecturers at UII), and I have a dream to take a picture of what Islam looks like after 20 years of reform. Then we made training to make films, photos, videos, and feature writings,” recalls M. Iskandar Tri Gunawan about the first release of Doc-Camp. Initially, Doc-Camp was two activities with two names to be merged: Doctrine (documentary training) and Media Camp in 2018. According to Iskandar, in 2019, these two student development programs were merged into one name with the same passion for becoming Doc-Camp 2019 At Doc-Camp 2019, the theme raised is no longer about Islam 20 years after the reformation but Islam and transformation: depict the cities and villages, said Iskandar at the opening of the 2022 Doc-Camp Photo Discussion and Exhibition on September 20, 2022, at the Mini Theater of Department of Communications, UII.

Several years of creating a series of training called Doctrine in 2018, Media Camp in 2018, and Doc-Camp in 2019. “The year 2020-2021 is a vacuum due to the pandemic. Until finally, we invited our friends to collaborate with Klik18 for a joint exhibition,” said Iskandar, a Laboratory Assistant in the Communication Department at the Universitas Islam Indonesia, at the opening of a photo discussion entitled Islam and Transformation on September 20, 2022.

Pause and Reflection Space

The time lag for activities is two to three years because the pandemic provides an important time marker. “The existence of this event also manifests the results of that process. The process of providing space for creativity, space for expression, and encouraging dialogue with clubs from other campuses,” said Zaki Habibi, one of the lecturers of the UII Communication Department, giving a speech representing the UII Department of Communications. According to Zaki, the 2022 Doc-Camp photo exhibition and discussion in collaboration with PSDMA Nadim Communication UII and Klik18 is a space to reflect on photos and Islam after a break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“This stage is an appreciation for Klik18, mentors, the Department of Communications of UII crew and all of you. Our waist is stiff because he’s been lying down for two years,” joked Zaki, a Communication Lecturer at UII specializing in Urban and Visual Culture studies.

Photos are like a pandemic. Zaki explained that photos are part of frozen moments, space and time to give pause. Pause for a moment to read the visual space. Pause, take a little time to take a break from the constant flow of routine, to reflect.

Zaki Habibi, a representative of the Communications Department of UII, gave a speech at the Opening of the Doc-Camp 2022 Photo Discussion and Exhibition on September 20, 2022. According to him, this exhibition is the result of a pause and reflection during the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic (Photo by Desyatri Parawahyu)

 

Here in this exhibition, reading photography and reading society in terms of content. “It seems that our friends see Islam as not narrow, not only Islam with theology and rituals,” said Zaki.

Through photographs, Zaki said, it can be seen in our society that Islam is not limited to theological, ritualistic, and spiritual teachings. “But we can see Islam which is more cultural, which interacts with the community,” said Zaki in his speech

. “We must be able to read it with glasses that are beyond the symbol of worship.”

On many other sides of culture, photography can take a moment to pause to see the world stopped in the frame. The hallmark of photography is that it freezes the moment, freezes space and time to stop for a moment, giving us pause to reflect together.” the lid.

The next session was filled with material on Photo Editing from Boy Tri Harjanto, a training companion since 2018. Boy is a photographer for the European Press Agency (EPA) Photo, he provides both technical and conceptual input on several photos exhibited at this photo exhibition with the theme of Islam and Transformation.

*Featured Photo by Nabiel Marazieq