Dancing Girls, Bali, 1930
Dancing Girls, Bali, 1930
INDONESIA
INDONESIA
In the islands of Indonesia, which included Bali, Java and Sumatra, Hoppé documented the indigenous peoples and found that their traditions, including clothing, technology, crafts and ceremonies, from weddings to funerals, were still largely uncontaminated by encroaching modernity.
To attempt to pose a people like the Balinese whose exquisite bodies possess a quality which belongs to pure sculpture would have been criminal. All I could do was to study their graceful movements and photograph them at the appropriate moment.
– E.O. Hoppé
Early Morning, Rice Fields, Sumatra, 1930
Early Morning, Rice Fields, Sumatra, 1930
Girls Standing, Bali, 1930
Girls Standing, Bali, 1930
Javanese Man, 1930
Javanese Man, 1930
Market at Fort de Kock, Sumatra, 1930
Market at Fort de Kock, Sumatra, 1930
Natures Back, Java, 1930
Nature’s Back, Java, 1930
Temple at Prambanan, Java, 1930
Temple at Prambanan, Java, 1930
Temple Offering, Elephant Cave, Bali, 1930
Temple Offering, Elephant Cave, Bali, 1930
Terraced Rice Fields, Bali, Indonesia, 1930
Terraced Rice Fields, Bali, Indonesia, 1930
Under Bamboo Tree, Dutch East Indies, 1930
Under Bamboo Tree, Dutch East Indies, 1930
Village in Sumatra, 1930
Village in Sumatra, 1930
Writing a Story on a Palm Leaf, Bali, 1930
Writing a Story on a Palm Leaf, Bali, 1930
Balinese Woman Smoking Cigarette, 1930
Balinese woman smoking cigarette, 1930
Bamboo Bridge, Java, 1930
Bamboo Bridge, Java, 1930
Bathing Pool, Tampaksiring, Bali, 1930
Bathing Pool, Tampaksiring, Bali, 1930
Borobudur Temple, Java, 1930
Borobudur Temple, Java, 1930
Cremation Scene, 1930
Cremation Scene, 1930
Dancing Girl, Bali, 1930
Dancing Girl, Bali, 1930
