BENOWO SALT POND AREA, SURABAYA, EAST JAVA, INDONESIAN AS AN OBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY CREATION
Objek penciptaan karya fotografi ini membahas tentang proses pembuatan garam dan sisi lain tambak garam kawasan Benowo Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia. Kawasan Benowo Surabaya mempunyai nilai baik dalam aspek perekonomiannya, dan tambak garam kawasan Benowo menyandang predikat nomor satu pemroduksi garam terbesar di Surabaya. Penciptaan karya ini didasari oleh minimnya informasi dan peminatan objek hunting foto terhadap Kawasan tambak garam Benowo Surabaya, sehingga karya ini diharapkan mampu memberi kabar ataupun informasi tentang kehidupan para petani garam dengan aktivitasnya. Selain itu bisa menjadi sebuah arsip kota Surabaya, dan dapat membangun ekosistem fotografi Surabaya lebih berkembang lagi dengan adanya kabar bahwa kawasan Benowo juga layak menjadi objek hunting foto berlandaskan atas wacana aspek yang belum tergali selama ini. Karya berorientasi pada kegiatan para pekerja petani garam. Strategi penciptaan menggunakan metode eksplorasi, perancangan dan perwujudan. Proses kreatif menghasilkan sebuah buku foto dokumenter berjudul “Benowo Disisi Lain Tabir”.
The object of the creation of this photographic work discusses the process of making salt and the other side of the salt pond in Benowo, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Surabaya's Benowo area has good value in economic aspects, and the Benowo salt pond holds the number one title of the largest salt production in Surabaya. The creation is based on the lack of information and interest in photo hunting objects to the Benowo Surabaya salt pond area, so this is expected to be able to give news or information about the lives of salt farmers with their activities. In addition, it can be an archive of the city of Surabaya, and can build a more developed Surabaya photography ecosystem with the news that the Benowo area is also worthy of becoming a photo hunting object based on the discourse of aspects that have not been explored so far. The work is oriented towards the activities of salt farmers. Creation strategy using exploration, design and embodiment methods. The creative process resulted in a documentary photo book titled "Benowo on the Other Side of the Veil".