Yoppy Pieter is a visual storyteller and educator based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He shoots a diverse range of subjects with an intimate and poetic aesthetic.

He learned photography in a workshop held by PannaFoto Institute, he also selected as one of the participants of Permata PhotoJournalist Grant (2011), Angkor Photo Workshop (2012),the recipient of Erasmus Huis Fellowship to Amsterdam (2015), South-East Asia & Oceania 6×6 Global Talent Program by World Press Photo Foundation (2017) and the first Indonesian who received Joop Swart Masterclass by World Press Photo Foundation (2019).

His photography works were exhibited in Jakarta Photo Summit #3 (2014), Jakarta Biennale (2015), Photography for Tolerance and Diversity (2017), Mt Rokko International Photo Festival (2018), SPECTROSYNTHESIS II exhibition (2019) and published in a book titled Saujana Sumpu in 2016.

In 2018 he and his other friends from various backgrounds developed Arkademy, the educational platform which aims to promote and encourage the use of photography as a creative medium in the critiquing the self, society and the relations that arise between the two. He also developed Instagram platform named Heterogenic to embrace the diversity and the richness of Indonesian visual culture, also for sharing and discussing ideas among Indonesian photographers.

His works also published in Washington Post, Monocle, Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Bali & Beyond, National Geographic Indonesia, and DestinAsian Indonesia. His visual culture experiences also lead him to collaborate with Unicef Indonesia & Ikea Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation – Waiting For Health, and Document Our History Now.

Services

Photography
Visual Storytelling Education