Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:00

Now available: Rio Helmi's new book, Memories of the Sacred. This masterwork distills three decades of Helmi's experiences and insights into the ritual life of the Bali. It is a labour of love by a seasoned photographer at the peak of his creative powers. With text by Diana Darling, respected author and long-time resident of Bali, who has a profound understanding of the vanishing world which Helmi has eloquently documented with his images. The book is also an invaluable document of traditional objects, textiles, ornament and ritual apparatus depicted in context, which will be of interest to all scholars and connoisseurs of the arts of Bali.

 

Published by Afterhours Books. 136 pages, 30 x 42cm. Rp 660,000 at ICON (with a complementary rugged cordura tote bag).