ManButur Suantara
Water in Black and White. Black and White Photography by artist and photographer ManButur. His love for Nature does not only inspire his art but also many environmental and wildlife documentation projects. Finding ways to raise awareness and as a way of giving back to Mother Nature.
When one hears ‘Water‘, immediately our minds go to all the things that are sensory and visual. We think of the colour blue and we associate the feeling ‘wet’. Around us, Water is ocean, lake, rain, and dew. In feelings, we may associate coolness, wetness, thirst, and by association dryness. In ManButur’s Water series, I find it most interesting that those associations are the least pronounced.
We are inadvertently guided to experience Water, in a different way. Here, Water is present, but as a quiet supporting role. A presence that does not scream out. Yet, its presence transports us to a place quite different. Here, Water have merged together the earth and the sky.
Water in Black and White is part of a series of features. Spotlighting the black-and-white works of artist and photographer ManButur Suantara. For more on his exhibitions go to Manus, a Conscious Journey, Culmination Calm In Nation. Check out Sawidji Studio Blog for more interesting insights through art and photography.
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