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Enter the dragonfly: Wahyu Sigit Rahadi blends art, science in Yogya exhibit
Wahyu, founder of the Indonesia Dragonfly Society (IDS), has been documenting and researching dragonflies across Indonesia for the past 10 years.
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Visitors admire photographs showcased at Wahyu Sigit's exhibition on dragonflies.
(JP/Bambang Muryanto)
T
he 90 centimeters by 120 cm photo depicts a lembayung perut merah (dragonfly) resting on the leaves of a bush, waiting for the sun to rise. Beads of morning dew on its body sparkle like crystal ornaments.
"This is my favorite image," Damayanti Buchori, an entomologist from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) in Bogor, West Java, told The Jakarta Post on Nov. 30.
The photo is one of 94 images of dragonflies taken by photographer Wahyu Sigit Rahadi that are currently on display at Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta until Dec. 8.
Wahyu, founder of the Indonesia Dragonfly Society (IDS), has been documenting and researching dragonflies across Indonesia for the past 10 years.
While accompanying Damayanti in exploring the exhibition, Wahyu said he had captured the lembayung perut merah in Ranu Regulo, the slope of Mount Semeru in East Java, which stands at 2,200 meters above sea level. After conducting a survey in the evening, he marked the exact location where he had spotted the dragonfly and returned the next morning at around 5 a.m. to take a photo of it.
"I think this is the first-ever photo exhibition on dragonflies in Indonesia," Damayani said in her opening remarks for the event.
