Muhammad Fadli and Fatris Mf.
Paris Photo Fair Photobook Award Winners — Photobook of the Year.
“This project chronicles the aftermath of centuries-long colonization and exploitation in Banda, a remote archipelago dotted the vast sea in eastern Indonesia. Comprised of ten small islands which rarely appear on most maps, Banda was the setting of some earliest European ventures in Asia and played an important role in global economic history. It was here too the English established their first colony overseas: an island named Rhun which later surrendered to the Dutch in exchange for Manhattan. […] This series shows the present state of Banda by underlining the legacy of its colonized past which exists in many forms: historical sites, architectures, traditions, rituals, and the daily life of Bandanese. While the tales regarding the late spice trade and its great influence towards the awakening of global economy are widely admired—and sometimes dramatized—the narratives regarding its human consequences are often overlooked.”
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