Bali Through The Eyes of Magnum Photographers
There are plenty of jokes about how people know more about Bali than Indonesia. How people thought that Bali is a country next to Indonesia. How famous is the island of gods. How you have not trully visit Indonesia without ever visiting Bali. While, I believe, there are lots of pictures of Bali around the internet, these pictures by Magnum photographers should give us more perspectives of Bali through the eyes of some of the legendary photographers.
Indonésie. Bali. © Raymond Depardon (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA, Bali. © Burt Glinn (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. Bali. Close to Ubud, in the Central Highlands. Terraced rice fields. 2000. © Stuart Franklin (Magnum Photos)
Indonesia. Bali. Rice plantations. 1993. © Peter Marlow (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. Bali. Kuta. 1993. © Martin Parr (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. Bali. Kuta.1993. © Martin Parr (Magnum Photos)
KUTA BEACH: One of the favorite surfer spots. © Harry Gruyaert (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. Bali. Town of Ubud. Ladies of the court wait at the palace during the cremation ceremony for King Tjokorda Gede Agung SUKAWATI. 1979. © Bruno Barbey (Magnum Photos)
Elaborate preporations made in the dressing of a Legong dancer for a performance. Training begins at five for these dancers and retirement is 12 or 13. Firstly they prepare the frangi-pani flowers for the head-dresses, the faces are heavily powdered, eyebrows shaved and reshaped with black paint. The rich costumes of the Legong are treasured as village heirlooms and are considered holy. © George Rodger (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. Bali. 1949. In a little village 5 kilometers away from Ubud lives the Guru (teacher) of the dancers of Ubud. The guru is also a farmer like everyone else. This picture shows him giving a dance lesson to his little daughter Ikakol in his yard. The method of training consists in guiding the movements of the pupil, leading him energetically by the wrists until by sheer repetition the pupil acquires the “feeling” of the gesture and can do the movements by himself. © Henri Cartier-Bresson (Magnum Photos)
Indonesia. Bali. Traditional Balinese dance of good overcoming evil. 1990 © Ian Berry (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. Bali. 1996. Cockfighting, Scalpel-like knives are fastened firmly to the feet of the gamecock. Their beaks are sharpened as well. The area around the pit is a scene of wild confusion during the few minutes before the fight begins as fans place bets. © Hiroji Kubota (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. Bali. Bedugul. Boys pray in the mosque. Bali has a majority of Hindus, descendants of Javanese who refused to embrace Islam and fled to the neighboring island. 1989. © Abbas (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA. BALI. Kuta-Tirtagangga. 28 February 1983. © Mark Power (Magnum Photos)
BALI. Fashion story with Celia Forner. 1989. © Ferdinando Scianna (Magnum Photos)
INDONESIA, Bali: fashion story with Celia FORNER © Ferdinando Scianna (Magnum Photos)
Cover of the German magazine “Heute”. 21 June, 1950. Henri CARTIER-BRESSON’s photograph: Indonesia. Bali. 1949. © Henri Cartier-Bresson (Magnum Photos)