Anton Gautama began taking pictures with a mobile phone. Since 2015 he has been working professionally as photographer with a passionate focus on documentary photography. He believes that the essence of the medium is the ability to help us understand life. Gautama seeks unique moments that generate powerful emotional responses. With patience and determination, the photographer often immerses himself for months at a single location pursuing his photographic observations.
The photographs from Anton Gautama have been featured and exhibited in several on-line, printed magazine platforms, galleries, and photo festivals since 2016.
The Outsider is the last part of my trilogy project where previously I published two books, namely: Pabean Passage and Home Sweet Home. Pabean Passage tells a century-old market in Surabaya, where I spent my childhood. Home Sweet Home showcases the interior of Chinese-Indonesian houses in Makassar and Surabaya – where I spent my adolescence. The Outsider offers an outlook towards my life as an adult.
Born as a fourth son in 1969 in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Anton Gautama is based in Surabaya, Master in Business Administration in the USA, and is also the founder of ALFALINK, a prominent overseas education consultancy with branches throughout Indonesia.