Tag: Yoppy Pieter

This story about mass urban migration in Indonesia explores feelings of longing, belonging and nostalgia through personal memories.

“The [urbanization] phenomenon is slowly destroying the identity of the Minangkabau,” photographer Yoppy Pieter said. He spent seven weeks in a Minangkabau village between 2013 and 2015, where he was welcomed into their homes, swam with them in Lake Singkarak, and was served their signature beef dish, Rendang. His resulting photo essay is called “Saujuana Sumpu,” which means “cultural landscape of the village Sumpu.”