Iqbal Kusumadirezza

Iqbal Kusumadirezza is an independent, award-winning Indonesian photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Bandung, West Java.
Rather than focusing on mainstream daily news breaking-points, Rezza specializes in long-form visual storytelling. His work centers heavily on human rights, underground labor exploitation, marginalization, and environmental devastation. He is recognized in Indonesia for his patient, raw, and immersive approach to uncovering stories that are typically buried away from the public view.
Rezza specializes in immersive, long-term documentary projects.Deep-Dive Research: Spending months—or even eight consecutive years, as seen in his Citarum River documentation—tracking a single environmental or social systemic failure.Building Deep Trust: Safely embedding himself within vulnerable, marginalized, or defensive communities (such as underground snake skinners or victims of human rights abuses).