Hendra Eka is a photojournalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He covers news, sports, and stories on a wide range of in-depth issues.
As a visual journalist, Hendra have experience working as a editor, curator, and project manager. Early in career, Hendra received many assignments to cover sports such as NBA in California-US, EURO football in Poland-Ukraine, Tour de France, Formula One (F1), Australian Basketball League (ABL), Asian Games and Sea Games Malaysia, WTAFinals in Singapore, and AFF in Vietnam.
Now he often shoots documentaries and essays. He cover conflict in Wamena-Papua, AirAsia crash in Kalimantan, private plane investigation in Singapore, cannabis & sex worker legalization in Bangkok, christmas convoy in West Phillippine Sea, and many more. In addition, he has also 3-month overland expedition from Bangkok, Thailand to Wagah, Pakistan. In 2023 he covered civil war of Myanmar in Mae Sot refugee camp, Myanmar-Thailand border.
His work has been recognized by Picture of The Year International (PoYI), Belfast photo festival, Helsinki photo festival, Head On photo Australia, Photoville New York, Tokyo Int'l Foto Award, Indonesian Photojournalist Award (APFI), and Jakarta international photo festival (JIPFest). He is recipient of Erasmus Huis Fellowship to Amsterdam 2020, residency program from the Kingdom of the Netherlands with NOOR Images for one photojournalist from Indonesia.
He completed his master's degree magna cum laude by researching how photojournalism can change public policy. In March 2023 Hendra launched his monograph “Lisette” , and he also affiliated with Dutch Culture Artist
Curious if Hendra can do anything for you? For questions, a cup of coffee, or collaborations, you can send a message to mail@hendraeka.com and Instagram: @_hendraeka
Selected Collective Exhibition
2024 - Lisette – Tokyo International Foto Award (TIFA), Marunouchi Gallery & Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2023 – Lisette – Helsinki Photo Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2023 – Lisette – Kuala Lumpur Photo Award (KLPA), Temu House Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2023 – Lisette – Photoville, Brooklyn bridge New York, United States
2022 – Living in the Red Zone – Pan-Asian photography exhibition, the V54 (54 Village Road), Happy Valley, Hong Kong
2022 – Living in the Red Zone – Changing Asia, New Normal photo exhibition, Central World – Bangkok, Thailand
2022 – Wamena Post-Bellum – Gambar pun Rebound. Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia
2021 – Wamena Post-Bellum – Projection night at Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest), Jakarta, Indonesia
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – Indonesian parliament photo exhibition. Indonesian parliament, Jakarta, Indonesia
2021 – Wamena Post-Bellum - Indonesian Photojournalist Award. National library, Jakarta, Indonesia
2019, 2021 – Indonesian Presidential Palace photo exhibition. NEO Soho, Jakarta, Indonesia
2018, 2020 – Rekam Jakarta. Taman Menteng & Thamrin 10, Jakarta, Indonesia
2019, 2020 – Solo Photo Festival. Solo, Central Java, Indonesia.
2018 – Silent Fight – Diversity. WTC, Jakarta and Dutch Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2014 – Indonesian Photojournalist Award. Grand Indonesia Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2012 – Ekspression of Kiev. Exhibition by The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Kiev, Ukraine.
2012 – Summer Olympic. R.K Burts Gallery, London, UK.
Workshop
Challenges in Photojournalism, mentored by Alex Ellinghausen, The Sydney Morning Herald Australia.
Adapting visual story to online publishing, mentored by Espen Rasmussen of VII Photo. Jakarta.
Erasmus Huis Fellowship, mentored by Kadir Van Lohuizen of NOOR Images. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Permata Photojournalist Grant, mentored by Saša Kralj, Edy Purnomo of PannaFoto and Jenny Smets of World Press Photo. Jakarta.
Jury
Jury member: Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Journalism Award (Anugerah Jurnalistik Sahabat Bahari KKP)
Jury member: State Electricity Enterprise (PLN) Nusantara Power internal photo competition.
Jury member: The state-owned Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) photo contest.
Jury member: Photo contest at the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia (Kejaksaan Agung RI).
Jury member: Photo competition for certification services, MUTU International.
Jury member: Plastic waste and environment, journalist photo competition. NU Online Jakarta.
Jury member: "Setara" photo contest, Girl UP Indonesia.
Jury member: Jakarta Formula-E, journalist photo competition.
Jury member: Photo story competition “Rumahku, Halamanku” by PannaFoto Institute & 1000 Kata.
Jury: Parahyangan University Bandung student photo contest "Rising".
Passport & Visa
Citizenship: Indonesia
Valid visa: All South East Asia, United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Turkey, Qatar, Kiribati, Fiji, Taiwan, and others (please ask).