Kassian Cephas wearing the honorary gold medal of the Order of Orange-Nassau (c. 1905)
Born
Kassian
(1845-01-15)15 January 1845
Yogyakarta Sultanate
Died
16 November 1912(1912-11-16) (aged 67)
Yogyakarta Sultanate
Known for
Photography
Kassian Cephas or Kassian Céphas (15 January 1845 – 16 November 1912) was a Javanese photographer of the court of the Yogyakarta Sultanate. He was the first indigenous person from Indonesia to become a professional photographer and was trained at the request of Sultan Hamengkubuwana VI (r. 1855–1877). After becoming a court photographer in as early 1871, he began working on portrait photography for members of the royal family, as well as documentary work for the Dutch Archaeological Union (Archaeologische Vereeniging). Cephas was recognized for his contributions to preserving Java's cultural heritage through membership in the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies and an honorary gold medal of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Cephas and his wife Dina Rakijah raised four children. Their eldest son Sem Cephas continued the family's photography business until his own death in 1918.
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Darmoyuwono"". "KassianCephas". Guillot, Claude (24 March 1981). "Un exemple d'assimilation à Java : le photographe KassianCephas (1844–1912) - Persée"...
above extracted from the digital ethnography collections of Tropenmuseum and KITLV in the Netherlands, photographed by KassianCéphas in c. 1890–1891)...
Hamengkubuwono VII Hamengkubuwana VII by KassianCéphas, 1885. KITLV collection. 7th Sultan of Yogyakarta Reign 22 December 1877 – 29 January 1921 Predecessor...
19th-century photograph of Bedhaya dancers performing sembah in keraton Yogyakarta by KassianCephas. Sembah is prescribed etiquette in Javanese courts....
disassembled to reveal the hidden foot and the reliefs were photographed by KassianCephas in 1890. It is these photographs that are displayed in this museum....
and Abroad: Case Studies of Southeast Asian Pioneers Francis Chit, KassianCéphas and You Chong". In Low, Sze Wee; Flores, Patrick (eds.). Charting Thoughts:...
with stilts and croquet Karo women dance Interior of a Karoland house KassianCephas, court photographer for the VI Sultan of Java "Asia-pacific-photography"...
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