HE rarely uses a long lens during his assignments. But, in Ngaglik village, he used a long lens to shoot thick, hot clouds blackening the sky. He quickly sent off the pictures depicting the fury of the Merapi eruption to the prestigious German magazine, Stern, that had previously sent him on various assignments.

However, several hours after the photo was sent, he was told the page that was initially to focus on the Merapi eruption had been moved