Camera Work of Vulcanolog ists
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
The Yogyakarta branch of the Agency for Investigation and Development of Vulcanologic Technology (BPPTK) and the Indonesian Photo Journalists (PFI) Yogyakarta chapter are holding a joint exhibition called "A Century of Mount Merapi Eruptions."
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In our imagination, A.L. Day, a Dutch vulcanologist, was standing at Pakubuwono's rest house in Selo, Boyolali some time during 1886. His tongue made a clicking sound in admiration of Mount Merapi's imposing stature. Then he pressed the button of his simple camera once, taking a picture of the volcano and the flattened top resulting from its 1872 eruption. Technically, it was not a good photograph - it resembles the output of a bad photocopier
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