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Honorable Mention BIFA 2021 People / Culture

Kecak Dancing - The Ramayana Monkey Chant

  • Photographer
    Robin Yong
  • Agency / Studio
    The Art Of Travel Medicine
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in People / Culture

Kecak dance performances in Bali usually take place daily in the evening at Balinese Hindu temples such as Uluwatu Temple and Tanah Lot. Kecak Dancing is a much sought after theme by travel photographers...this is my rendition of it and I chose a monochrome theme so that it will fit well as a fine art photographic print suitable for different interior decors.

Robin Yong is a multi-award winning Travel Photographer. He enjoys traveling to exotic destinations to befriend and photograph the locals. He is best known for his work on the Omo Valley tribes in Ethiopia, the Venetian Masked models in Venice, the Bokator boxers of Cambodia and the Maikos of Kyoto. He calls these works his Travel Portraits, his Art of Travel Medicine. For most of his works, he does not use flash, reflectors or artificial lighting, depending solely on natural lighting alone. The photos are often dramatic, colourful and extremely beautiful.