Windee Winata

Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

About Windee Winata

Berlin, 1996. Excited about an upcoming trip to Egypt, Greece & Turkey, I bought my first film SLR. I was over the moon with 3 photos out of 14 rolls of films, hooked with photography, and decided to make the camera a permanent necklace. I took pictures of everything, read hundreds of photography books, messed up my apartment bathroom developing film negatives and prints, discussed and did things photography with friends, including small exhibitions. Soon I neglected my automotive engineering study for two and a half years, and showed up at the university only to do my 20 hours a week job as a student researcher for a novel city vehicle project (growing up loving art & science, there's always been a back & forth between those two). One day I fell in love and wanted to marry my girlfriend Diana. I thought it would be easier to ask for her parents' permission as an engineer than as a student (-wrong), so I went back to the university, quickly finished my study, and secured a job as development engineer at The Mercedes-Benz Technology Centre in Sindelfingen already before final exam. It felt great. Baby Stella was born. I immensely enjoyed having a new family, cool job, and riding around in an E-Class Mercedes. For a while photography took a back seat. Then came the point where we thought Bali with my big family (and Diana’s family not far in Jakarta) would be a nicer place for Stella to grow. So I turned my hobby into profession, and setup a wedding photography business with Diana. We had seemingly instant success, with happy clients and works published worldwide. Long story short, 1000+ clients & years later I suffered depression; For some reasons I never really dealt with. Then I rediscovered doing personal photography work. Actually it felt more that I was found by photography again. I started doing fine art, and the sky turned bluer. Now I’m starting to find my peace back.

Education:

Automotive engineering, masters degree - Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Exhibitions:

July-September 2017: ONE - Ganesha Gallery, Four Seasons Resort, Jimbaran - Bali
November-December 2017: ONE - Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, Nusa Dua - Bali
Date TBD: Sudamala Resort, Sanur - Bali

Windee Winata

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