ANTARA News Agency Art Curator Ismar Patrizki also stated that the exhibition intends to showcase the role played by the press to record and guard the national democracy and development along with its dynamics.
"At least, (this exhibition) can present a greater viewpoint about the role of the press in Indonesia," Patrizki remarked.
ANTARA News Agency's "Press, Democracy, and Development" photojournalism exhibition is the inaugural exhibition hosted by Graha Bhakti Antara after the completion of its revitalization that started in late 2022.
The building constitutes part of the revitalized ANTARA Heritage Centre that will serve as the news agency's head office that can cater to the needs of journalism in the contemporary era.
The exhibition displays 56 works by ANTARA News Agency photojournalists and archive photos from former photojournalism agency IPPHOS, the National Archives of Indonesia, the National Library of Indonesia, and KITLV Leiden until March 16, 2024.
Apart from being held at the ANTARA Heritage Centre, the exhibition also takes place at the Putri Duyung Cottage Hotel in the Ancol Dreamland recreation park, North Jakarta, until February 20, 2024.
ANTARA's Photojournalism Expo 2024
President Director of ANTARA News Agency Akhmad Munir during his visit to the "Press, Democracy, and Development" photojournalism exhibition at ANTARA Heritage Centre complex, Central Jakarta, Friday (February 16, 2024). ANTARA/Documentation of ANTARA.
