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Sutanta Aditya Biography
Sutanta Aditya is a freelance photojournalist. He is born in Tanjung Morawa city on December 07, 1984. Despite his focus in journalism science at the Communication School, however Sutanta Aditya earlier finishing the study of Computer Science and then received a bachelor’s degree.

Sutanta Aditya work and living in Medan city, Sumatra Islands, Indonesia (Asia Pacific). Since 2004 he is working for several news agency, magazines and newspapers. His photos are published in Agence France-Presse, Time, New York Times, Guardian, Telegraph, ABC, Boston Globe, National Geographic, The Atlantic, and many more.

Sutanta Aditya photostories are concentrated on social issues, human rights and disaster or environmental news. He is only documented the fire tragedy where had burning the residential outskirts at Deli river side, in Medan on 2008.

Natural disaster be the main focus report of Sutanta Aditya in 2009, that’s flash floods in Mandailing Natal and earthquake on 2009 in Padang, West-Sumatra. Included focus with the mass demonstrations on 2013 and Sinabung volcano disaster since 2010 untill 2014.

And the last work focus with the disaster on forest spot-fire in Riau, Sumatra Islands, Indonesia. etc

Experience – Now, freelance photojournalist, stringer photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP), Medan, Indonesia

- July 2012 – 2013, Analisa Daily, Medan Area, North Sumatera, Indonesia

- March 2012 – July 2012, working as freelance photographer for several newspapers and magazines, Medan, Indonesia

- June 2010 – 2012, stringer photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP), Medan, Indonesia

- July 2009 – June 2010, Global Daily, Medan, Indonesia

- February 2008 – June 2009, Wartakita Daily, Medan, Indonesia

- January 2006 – January 2008, Bersama Daily, Medan, Indonesia

- January 2005 – December 2005, Indonesia Ku, Medan, Indonesia

- July 2004 – December 2004, Freelance

Honors & Awards

- 2012 | Essay Photo Competition WWF and Indonesian Press Photo Agency

- 2011 | Yonhap International Press Photo Awards, Merit Price category Environment

- 2010 | Indonesian Photojournalist Awards 2010 Indonesian Photojournalist Association

- 2010 | Bina Nusantara International Photo Competition (IPC)

- 2009 | Adiwarta Sampoerna Awards, first price category Social Issues

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