The Bali Forestry service is inviting the public to develop local forest reserves in order to meet the need for raw material among the island's wood workers and statue carvers.

Quoted by the national news agency, Antara, the head of Bali's Forestry Service, Anak Agung Ngurah Buana, said, "We are preparing seedlings without charge and requesting public participation (in the project) in conjunction with the Heads (Kelian) of the Bali community units."

Buana said that forests planted by local communities would be ready for harvest in three to four years.

The type of woods to be planted include mahogany, Bintangur (bentawas), Crocodile wood (panggal buaya) and rain tree (trembesi) which forestry officials hope local residents will introduce in their land holdings.

"The felling of the trees should be carried out in stages, ideally over four cuttings from a single planting, in order to provide for a sustainable harvest," he continued.

He also explained that over the last several years, the Forestry Service has distributed one million trees plantings without charge to the public.

"Once our proposal receives local community approval, seedlings can be taken at three nursery locations in Suwung (Denpasar), Grokgak (Buleleng) and Abang (Karangasem)," he explained.

Continuing to outline the scheme, he described how plantings should be limited to 400 trees per hectare, allowing mixed agriculture including also corn, cassava and several varieties of peanuts to coexist alongside the forestry cultivation. This approach provides a secondary cash crop while waiting for the wood harvest to sufficiently mature.

Agung Buana expressed the wish that trees can be planted in a mixed agricultural product setting in every vacant parcel of land in Bali as part of efforts to make Bali green, while at the same time helping to fulfill raw material needs of the local wood carving sector.

Bali has a constant need for wood required by traditional carvers, currently compelling the import of wood from other areas of Indonesia each year. Efforts to create new wood sources on Bali will hopefully, over time, reduce the need for these imports, making a key Bali employment sector more self-reliant.

Bali currently calculates its forested regions as covering 130,686 hectares comprised of 95,766 hectares (73.28%) of conservation land and 26,293 hectares (20.12%) of protected trees and 8.626 hectares (6.60%) of wood plantations. In all, forested land covers only 22% of the island's surface, a number substantially below the 30% figure seen as ideal for sustaining Bali's natural environment.

The Indonesia arm of AirAisa (IAA) have announced their intention to operate direct flights between Denpasar and Darwin commencing October 2010. The service connecting Bali to Australia's northwest will take up routes recently abandoned by the Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia.

As reported in Bisnis.com, the President Director of IAA, Dharmadi, said the new service would operate four times a week using Airbus A320 aircraft with a capacity of 180 passengers.

Explaining his airlines decision to fly the new route, Dharmadi said the Denpasar-Darwin route can be flown in just 2 hours, well within the 5 hour flight range of the A 320. Final approval to permit flight operations over the new route, now rests with civil aviation authorities in Jakarta and Canberra. IAA currently operates flights to Australia on the Denpasar-Perth, Western Australia route.

If approved, operations by IAA between Bali and Darwin will place the Indonesia airline in direct competition with JetStar Australia who also operate this route using A320 equipment.

Dharmadi told Bisnis.com. that the current twice-weekly service is averaging passenger loads above 90%, primarily comprised of Australia tourists.

IAA is targeting to convert their entire armada to A320 aircraft, bringing to 14 the total number of planes in their fleet by the end of November 2010.

49% of IAA is owned by AirAsia Berhad Malaysia.

E-travel Blackboard reports that Strategic Airlines have received permission from the International Air Services Commission (IASC) to connect remote regional towns in Western Australia to Bali.

The go-ahead to commence service provides for "unrestricted passenger capacity" on services from Port Hedland and Karratha to Bali starting from August 3, 2010.

In the past, passengers wishing to fly to Bali from these remote areas were compelled to fly to Perth where they would transit to an international flight..

Strategic Airlines began flying three times a week between Bali and Perth on June 12, 2010. [See: Strategic Airline Begins Perth-Bali Service]

Damien Vasta, commercial head at Strategic Airlines, said, "there has been overwhelming demand from people in Port Hedland - particularly from its 'Fly In Fly Out' mining community - for leisure travel to Bali."

Strategic Airlines permission to fly the new routes is predicated on demonstrating that they are an established international carrier, holding permission from the IASC to fly to Indonesia from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

The new flights from Western Australia's "outback" will operate with the following timetable:

• Port Hedland to Denpasar operating on Tuesdays departing at 2:15 p.m. arriving in Denpasar at 4:15 p.m..

• Denpasar to Port Hedland operating on Wednesdays departing at 8:00 a.m. and arriving in Port Hedland at 10:05 a.m..

Bali Spa and Wellness Association (BSWA) have reappointed 15 director and its chairperson to a new term from 2010 to 2012. The inauguration of the team to lead and represent Bali's spa industry took place at the Alila Soori in West Bali on June 29, 2010.

Lulu Susiana Widjaja was re-elected to serve as the BSWA president.

BSWA is a non-profit organization representing Bali's spa and wellness industry. Established in 2005 to develop and promote Bali's spa offerings, the association provides education, a platform for the exchange of ideas, networking and the development of growth initiatives.

The board for the ensuing term is comprised of previous committee members who have served for the past five years.

Shown on balidiscovery.com are the board of the Bali Spa and Wellness Association.

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Customs officials at Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport arrested a 41 year-old Philippine woman on Monday, July 12, 2010, carrying 2.5 kilograms of heroin.

Caroline Sarmiento Bautista arrived in Bali on AirAsia 364 from Kuala Lumpur at 7:30 p.m. carrying a suitcase with a secret compartments in which the drugs were concealed.

The estimated street value of the drugs was placed by officials at Rp. 7.2 billion (US$783,000).

As reported by the Bali Post, the stash of heroin was uncovered after the woman's luggage failed the custom's x-ray screening. When inspectors asked the woman to allow her bag to undergo further examination she reportedly became extremely nervous.

When opened, officials found the narcotics and took the woman into custody.

During preliminary interviews with investigators, Bautista said she was on holiday in Malaysia when she met an Indian man who persuaded her to carry the suitcase to Bali. She was reportedly offered Rp. 10 million (US$1,086) for her part in the scheme.

If convicted for smuggling narcotics into Indonesia the woman could receive the death penalty.

Merpati Nusantara Flight 6601 flying from Mataram (Lombok) to Bali on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, failed to fly when passengers took matters into their own hands and abandoned the aircraft on the runway, prior to take-off at Selaparang Airport.

Stewardesses were going through the pre-flight safety briefing when smoke emanating from the cockpit engulfed the plane's interior via the air conditioning system.

Passengers said obvious panic by the flight crew, who failed to issue any emergency commands, caused passengers to take matter into their own hands, open the plane's emergency exits and exit the smoking plane.

The smoke was traced to an electrical short circuit in the cockpit. The airline insists the passengers were never in danger.

No passengers were injured in the incident. The passengers were transferred to different airplane in order to continue their flight to Denpasar, Bali.

Representatives from the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) are investigating the incident.

Continuing a recent tradition of handing down stiff penalties to those who break Indonesia's anti-narcotics legislation, two Malaysians were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, by a panel of judges in the Denpasar District Court of Bali.

Boo Guan Teik (46) and Chang Cheng Weng (39) were convicted of trying to smuggle more than 2 kilograms of Narcotics on January 20, 2010, via Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport.

The Malaysian men were sentenced to life in prison and fined Rp. 2 billion (US$217,400). The sentence read by presiding judge was the same punishment demanded by State Prosecutors.

The two men were caught wearing body packs concealing a combined 1.95 kilograms of methamphetamine (sabu-sabu). The two had arrived on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong.

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Violence at a Kuta nightspot left one man injured and another dead on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The tragic incident unfolded at the Red Room Bar on Jalan Dyana Pura where thugs brutally attacked the two men, beating them with blunt objects and stabbing them with knives.

The attack followed by three days an attack on the Sky Garden Discotheque by two street gangs that occurred on Sunday, July 11, 2010.

In what has been characterized by some as a struggle for territory among thugs who extort local business for protection money, tens of men armed with blades, swords and chains rained havoc on the Red Room Bar, located adjacent to the Santa Fe Café in Kuta.

According to beritabali.com, preliminary information was that the gang planned to attack both the Sky Garden and the Red Bar seeking to kill a certain unnamed subject. The same source said the thugs did not find their target and, instead, attacked the two men, killing one of their victims. The attack was described by observers as quick and systematic.

The Sky Garden, which was under police guard and closed at the time of the attack, following a separate incident several days earlier, was bypassed by the gang that laid siege to the Red Room Bar.

The victims at Red Room Bar were two security guards. 28 year-old Bagus Alit Edi Sastrawan who was cornered by the gang, beaten into submission before being repeatedly stabbed by his assailants. While Sastrawan died in hospital following the attack, the other guard, Yesaya Karmoi, managed to escape the gang after suffering knife wounds to his back. He has been treated by a local hospital and released.

The attack which happened in the early hours saw guests, many of them foreigners, flee for the lives as the brutal attack ensued.

Before leaving the scene, the thugs also destroyed the furniture and fittings of the nightspot.

Investigation Continues

Despite numerous witnesses to the attack performed by as many as 30-40 men, police have yet to make an arrest in the case. Following witness interviews, police claim that now have a number of possible suspects on which they are focusing their efforts.

While police are unprepared to advance a motive for the attack, local press portray the attack as a struggle for territory between a local Balinese gang and another group from outside the island.

Police have announced that they will not tolerate thuggery and violence by local gangs.

Bali Post reports that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of dengue Hemorrhagic fever cases (deman berdarah) reported in Bali's southernmost regency of Badung during the first half of 2010.

Through the end of June 2010, Badung logged 1,675 dengue cases, a dramatic increase from the 1,400 cases recorded in all of 2009.

Health authorities are pointing to changes in climate as a major contributing cause of the increase.

The Badung Health Service attributes 4 deaths among the 1,675 cases. Gede Putra Suteja, head of the Badung Health Office, told the press the current high level of cases is emblematic of the typical 5 year cycle of the disease, suggesting a decrease in infections will soon follow. He also pointed to uneven weather patterns with occasional rains as aiding the reproduction of the mosquitoes that spread the disease.

Suteja said his office remains steadfast in identifying and destroying nesting locations for mosquitoes as well as fogging local communities. Unfortunately, he also said his office was restricted in combating the disease by a lack of equipment and funding.

Most at risk of being infected are people living in urban settings. Major hotels and villas in Bali have rigorous mosquito eradication programs in place, reducing the risk of infection to guests.

The popular shopping stop of the traditional souvenir and handicraft market at Sukawati, just north of Bali's capital city of Denpasar, is slated for modernization by the Gianyar Regency administration.

As reported by Kompas.com, local government officials have begun planning a modernization program for the crowded market, popular with both domestic and international tourist visitors. The Regent of Gianyar, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati, told the press that renovations are scheduled to begin in 2011.

Describing the markets current condition as over-crowded and "irrational," Tjokorda said, we have no other choice than to make the market into a traditional art market plaza that is both comfortable and safe."

Tjokorda said every effort would be made to preserve the "people's market" atmosphere of the current facility, while, at the same time, safeguarding traditional elements of design. The new market will not involve any enlargement of the available space for local handcraft vendors, but strive only to improve efficiency, cleanliness and comfort.

"Hopefully, the construction of the market can be realized, bearing in mind that the organization of the market is extremely difficult given the 'pros' and 'cons' that will inevitably be put forth by the vendors," Tjokorda added.

Experiment and exploration are at the very soul of the creative process. In fact, it is through experiment and explorations that the art student gains first hand knowledge of the invention of idea, concept, theme and the aesthetic quality of art.

Eksplo[ra]si – Explosion and Exploration Combine

The intention of the current exhibition - Eksplo[ra]si at Hanna Art Space is to present insights into the inventive process of art creation. In keeping with the themes of experimentation and exploration, the exhibition presents works that demonstrate invention of ideas, concepts, discourses and aesthetic qualities. Celebrating the birth of creativity, the work presented are those of art students from two of Indonesia's leading art faculties – UNDIKSHA and ISI.

The exhibition's name - Eksplo[ra]si draws on "exploration" and the search for knowledge and "explosion" the loud boom that demands attention. Similarly, the artists showing their works explore the outer limits of their skills and expressiveness in a way that demands we, the viewer, take note.

Eksplo[ra]si

30 Selected Works from Students at UNDIKSHA and ISI

Hanna Art Space, Jl. Raya Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali

July 24 – August 8, 2010.

One of three men facing the death penalty for attempting to smuggle heroin from Bali to Australia has formally requested a sentence review. Scott Anthony Rush, now 23, together with eight others collectively known as the "Bali Nine," was arrested on April 17, 2005 in the process of helping to smuggle 8.9 kilograms of heroin on board a flight about to fly to Australia. Rush was 18 years of age at the time of his arrest.

Rush's attorney has appealed to the Denpasar court asserting new evidence supporting a claim that his client acted only as courier and not as a mastermind of the crime. Among the information being submitted to the court are affidavits from an expert in international law.

Attorney Frans Hendra Winaata told the court, "the role of our client in the smuggling of narcotics was that of a courier, like Renae Lawrence, who received a sentence of only 20 years."

Kompas.com said that the death penalty given to his client was unjust and he hoped the court review will result in a reduce sentence for his client who has expressed his extreme remorse for his crime and pledged to dedicate himself to fighting narcotics.

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The Directorate of Zoning at the Ministry of Public Works is urging all of Bali's regencies and municipalities to urgently complete the ratification of provincial zoning rules set forth in the provincial zoning code (RTRW) in order to slow the island's currently out-of-control rate of development.

During a zoning conference held at the Royal Pita Maha Hotel on Friday, July 16, 2010, the Director General of Zoning, Iman S. Ernawi, called for compromise between all parties to overcome the continuing resistance to the RTRW in order to save Bali from further environmental damage.

As reported by Kompas.com, attending the discussions were the regent of Gianyar Tjokorda Artha Ardhana Sukawati, the head of Public Works for Bali Dewa Putu Asa, and an educator from Udayana University Putu Rumawan. Also attending was the chairman of the Indonesian Architects Association for Bali Ketut Rana Wiarcha, Bali architect Popo Danes, and urban planner Antonio Ismail.

Citing a number of arguments, regents and mayors from across Bali have opposed the new provincial regulations set forth in the RTRW established in November 2009. Chief among their objections was that the new zoning rules did not match with the individual conditions, characteristics and development needs of each regency. The RTRW for Bali, is, in fact, largely based on existing zoning regulations in place across Java.

The discussions held in Ubud were an effort to seek middle patch of agreement between the Governor's new rules for zoning in Bali and the seeming intransigence of regents and mayors to accept any zoning control.

Antonio Ismail told the group that Bali needs special regulations to the island's land use. In addition to sanctions for zoning infractions, he called for special rules to stem foreign ownership of land in Bali.

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Month after month of sustained growth in Bali foreign tourism arrivals screeched to a halt in April 2010 when arrivals not only stopped growing but actually decreased by almost 1% month-on-month against April 2009. This turn of events prompted many to ask: Had the bubble of Bali's dynamic pattern of growth suddenly burst or was this sudden change due to other more transitory factors, such as declining travel in the region resulting from political upheaval in Thailand?

May foreign arrival figures for Bali have placed the island back into positive growth, increasing 8.10% as compared to May 2009. May tourist arrivals totaled 196,719.

On a cumulative basis January-May 2010 produced 926,453 foreign visitors for Bali, up 12.02% from the same five months in 2009.

On the assumption that the current 12.02% growth rate can be sustained through the end of 2010, arrivals can be projected to finish the year at around 2.497 million

Bali Major Source Markets at a Glance

• Australia - Australia has further cemented its lead position as the largest source of Bali visitors. Month-on-month Australia arrivals increased 43.41% in May, coming in at 50,070. For the first five months of the current year Australian arrivals have increased 56.62%.

• Japan - Japan's economic downturn, in terms of Bali arrivals, continues to worsen. May's Japanese arrivals declined 25.46% (17,037) when compared to May 2009. On an aggregate basis, Japanese arrivals for January-May are down 23.25% from one year before.

• People's Republic of China - Although mainland China has moved squarely into third place in the race for Bali foreign tourist arrivals, May 2010 figures month-on-month declined 19.16% (12,484). This may be a worrying warning signal of a larger slowdown for Chinese visitors to come as Bali experienced a decline of 2.32% in Chinese arrivals on a cumulative basis for January-May 2010.

• Malaysia - Malaysia, now in fourth place as a Bali source market, is softening. May arrivals month-on-month are down 2% (13,888). On a cumulative basis January-May, Malaysian arrivals are down 5.36%.

• South Korea - South Korean arrivals are also softening, down 4.1% month-on-moth (10,844). For the first five months of the year, South Korean totals are down 6.11%.

• United Kingdom - In 7th place and growing by leaps and bounds, U.K. arrivals increased 13.5% in May 2010. On an aggregate basis for the first five months of the year, U.K. arrivals to Bali are up a whopping 27.09%

• France - France's record of growing arrivals for Bali may be coming to an end with May's totals declining month-on-month by 16.01% (10,161). On a cumulative basis for the first five months of 2010, French arrivals declined 0.44%.

• Russia - Russian arrivals month-on-month improved 3.2% for May (3,548). On the aggregate for January-May Russian visitors are down 0.37%.

• Netherlands - Buoyed a resumption of service to Amsterdam by Garuda Indonesia, May arrivals from the Netherlands have increased 52.5%. Similarly, on a January-May basis Dutch arrivals have increased 49.79%.

• U.S.A. - U.S.A. arrivals for May are down 4.2% (5,631). On the aggregate, however, January-May, U.S. arrivals are up 6.83%.

• Germany - German arrivals to Bali increased 10.5% month-on-month for May 2010 (7,865). German performance for January-May remains strong, up 8.46%.

Arrivals on a Regional Basis

Arrivals by geographical original are up across the board for Bali, as shown on the graphs presented on balidiscovery.com. On a combined basis, arrivals from ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific now constitute a 69.5% market share of all Bali arrivals. Meanwhile, arrivals from Europe and the Americas comprise a 29.71% market share.

The pictures say it all.

• Bali has regulations prohibiting construction within 100 meters of the shoreline.

• Bali's shorelines need to be preserved as places of public access and mutual enjoyment, not only to ensure the island's future sustainability as a tourism destination, but, also, as an absolute guarantee that the Balinese will be able to hold traditional rites and rituals celebrated since time immemorial on the island's shorelines.

• Bali also has developers who have come to paradise with the firm conviction that they can improve on God's handiwork, now, if only the Balinese would stay out of their way, and allow developers to get on with their job.

• Bali's new zoning regulation (RTRW) promoted by governor Pastika stipulates prison sentences for island officials who grant special exemptions to existing rules. Not surprisingly, the new rules are being stonewalled by Bali's regents and mayors who are unwilling to have their feet held to the fire on the mounting desecration of a place once called: "Island of the Gods."

Cry, the beloved island.

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BIASA ArtSpace in Kuta, Bali will present the first Asian solo show of Italian artist Angelo Bellobono from July 30 through September 15, 2010.

Angelo places humanity at the center of his artistic explorations, stressing the difficult relations between belonging and identity, expressed in both the socio-cultural sense and biological sphere. It is the mechanisms in which biochemistry translates into behaviors and emotions that is the thread running through all Bellobono's paintings, videos and performances – stripping away the presumed spirituality seen by many to animate human existence.

His portraits convey a sense of dramatic irony, lost in a blinding whiteness or in a dark sea of crude oil - at once both liquid and solid, conceptually unstable and temporary, dependent on the chemical basis of biological precariousness. What is revealed is the never ending effort to seek an individual identity and place, the constant freezing and unfreezing of hidden and denied existences against some idealized state of well-being.

Bellobono's work gives form and consistency via a sampler of emotions common to all human beings. In his current works involving paintings, visual art and performance he probes the drive to immigrate.

Indonesia, located in the very heart of Southeast Asia, is at the crossroads of the world's new economies. Eastside – Bellobono's journey exhibition at the BIASA ArtSpace is a raw, unfettered and direct analysis challenging current passively accepted "logic". The Artist invites us to continue our individual journeys despite the ambiguity of our "being human and biologically unresolved."

Using a variety of mediums - including painting, drawing, animation and performance, Bellobono continues his journey as contemporary anthropologists. In his view, antagonistic cultures reveal both their glamorous and ephemeral side; migrants their effort to re-invent and reposition their lives; and armies of plasticine face off against melting icebergs obstinately defending ephemeral borders.

The current exhibition links previous projects with Bellobono's new works conceived in Indonesia.

"Eastside : The Journey"

An Exhibition by Angelo Bellobono

Biasa ArtSpace - Jl. Raya Seminyak No. 34, Kuta, Bali

July 30 – September 15, 2010

For more information telephone ++62-(0)361-8475766

A rare opportunity to view Bali as it was in the 1930s is available to residents and visitors to Jakarta and Bali via a traveling exhibition of vintage photographs taken by Life Magazine photographer Horace Bristol.

The exhibition gathered from images preserved by the estate of Horace Bristol is comprised of pictures taken by the esteemed photographer in 1939 and published as LIFE's first international story in 1940.

Bristol came to Indonesia in late 1930s to photograph and document life in the then Dutch East Indies. The resulting photos became a 14-page spread in LIFE's premier international edition. The current exhibition focuses on rural life in late 1930s Indonesia, from traditional dance, religion, art, to textiles and farming. These images reflect traditions and practices that remain part of Indonesian culture today.

A concurrent exhibition of Bristol's work is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles from June - November, 2010.

HORACE BRISTOL 1908-1997

Horace Bristol used his camera to record the human, intimate moments in the grand sweep of history. He captured the best and the worst of this century, from poignant images of the urban poor and migrant farm workers during the Depression, to battle scenes of World War II and compelling portraits of post-war Japan and Southeast Asia.

Born November 16, 1908 in Whittier California, Bristol studied at the then just-opened Art Center of Los Angeles, where he was exposed to the subtle, painterly images of Edward Steichen and the powerful industrial landscapes of Margaret Bourke-White. In 1933, Bristol moved to San Francisco to pursue commercial photography, renting a studio a few doors down from Ansel Adams' gallery near Union Square. Through Adams, Bristol befriended members of the famed "Group f/64" - including Edward Weston, Dorthea Lange and Imogen Cunningham.Bristol began contributing to LIFE Magazine as a freelance photographer in June 1937, and garnered his first cover just two months later. He was soon hired on staff, working alongside such photographic giants as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Peter Stackpole, and a personal hero, Margaret Bourke-White. Late in 1937, Bristol proposed a story about migrant farm workers in California's Central Valley—a project that would include accompanying text by novelist John Steinbeck. Though LIFE turned down the story, Bristol and Steinbeck agreed to collaborate on a book length project, and the two men spent several weekends in labor camps during the winter of 1938. Bristol took hundreds of photographs of the suffering farm workers, only to have Steinbeck withdraw from the partnership to write the story as a novel, which became his masterpiece "The Grapes of Wrath."

In 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bristol lept at the opportunity to work as one of a select group of five photographers documenting the war under the direction of the influential Edward Steichen. Bristol photographed behind the scenes of key Naval battles, including the invasions of North Africa, Okinawa and Iwo Jima. Following the war, Bristol brought his family to Japan where he photographed the war's devastating legacy, as well as the vestiges of traditional Japanese life. In Tokyo, he established the East-West Photo Agency and began selling his photographs of Southeast Asia to virtually every pictorial magazine in Europe and the United States. He also published several books under the East-West name focusing on Pacific Rim countries in transition.

In 1956, devastated by the suicide of his wife, Bristol burned all the negatives and photographs that he kept at his seaside house in Japan, effectively ending one of the most intense photographic careers of his time. His remaining photographs were packed into footlockers, stored, and left untouched for nearly thirty years.

Having put photography behind him and remarried, Bristol was reminded of his past when his 15-year old son Henri came home from high school in 1985 with an assignment to read "The Grapes of Wrath." Only then did Bristol open the musty footlockers that kept a lifetime's worth of images and memories. When he saw the tired, dignified faces of the migrant farm workers, he couldn't help but regret that his life's work had been all but forgotten in the three decades since he'd put away his camera.

Horace Bristol died in August 1997, but not before seeing his photographs exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe, and a book of his work published in his name: Horace Bristol, An American View (Chronicle Books, 1996). Currently, his work is on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as part of their "Made in California" exhibition, and the J. Paul Getty Museum recently acquired photos from "The Grapes of Wrath" series for their collection.

Horace Bristol, Indonesia 1939

1930 Images by Horace Bristol for Life Magazine

Jakarta: July 16-30, 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta

Bali: August 8 – October 4, 2010 at Jenggala Keramik Jimbaran, Bali.