What I Saw Through My Lens #1

Radya
3 min readApr 18, 2021

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Location : Alun — Alun Kidul Surakarta

In last 2019 and early 2020 (which was my last year in college), I decided to make a kaleidoscope of my own. It surprise me because I didn’t realize that my college life was so beautiful. Some of these photos were taken when I was doing my final project. The final project was so stressful yet these photos remind me that “it was not that bad” lol. Here are some of them:

location: Keraton Surakarta Hadiningrat

The photo of these two woman in a pedicab was taken when I was so stressed, then a good friend of mine suggested me to go outside, and bring my camera with me. After this photo was taken, those beautiful women waved their hands at me and said “gimana fotonya bagus ndak?” which mean “how is the photo? is it good?” then I smiled at them and said “bagus bu, cantik” which mean “good ma’am, beautiful”. It was a very simple thing I could say, but it incredibly cheered me up so much.

Location : Teater Arena Taman Budaya Jawa Tengah

I never knew before, that watching theater was so much fun. This was the very first time I went to the theater. After this, I am a fan of theater I could say. lol.

Location : Gedung Wayang Orang Sriwedari

Like I said, I’m a fan of theater. see? This is the best show I have ever seen. We called it Wayang Orang. They use Javanese in their performances, even though I didn’t understand that, but trust me it was beyond amazing!

ps: Pardon the bad image resolution because I just used my phone for this one hehe.

Location : Jl. Gatot Subroto, Kemlayan, Kec. Serengan, Kota Surakarta, Jawa Tengah

I don’t really remember why I was here lol, I think I was just bored and decided to go outside strolling around the city and absolutely just me and my lens. Surakarta is a small and busy town yet it has so many beautiful spots to explore.

Es Dawet khas Solo

I fell in love with this dessert! you’ll cry of happiness because of this. I know it sounds too much but it’s worth it!

Last but not least, I’ll take you to this interesting place.

Location : Kios — Kios Buku Sriwedari, Jalan Kebangkitan Nasional Sriwedari Laweyan, Surakarta.
Location : Kios — Kios Buku Sriwedari, Jalan Kebangkitan Nasional Sriwedari Laweyan, Surakarta.
Location : Kios — Kios Buku Sriwedari, Jalan Kebangkitan Nasional Sriwedari Laweyan, Surakarta.

Yes! This place is more like a treasured place!

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