Sunda Kelapa Street Photography walk

Sunda Kelapa has long been a favourite of photographers in Jakarta for its mix of activity, throwback boats and interesting characters. There are plenty of posts of the place here too.

So it was a good place for a few friends to go for a Sunday afternoon photo walk. For me it was the first time taking street photos in two years, with the pandemic making it unwise to get close to people, and masked randoms not really being my preferred subject.

Indonesian dock worker coated in white ceramic powder walking down a wooden gangway from a cargo ship at Sunda Kelapa harbor in North Jakarta — Unloading ceramic powder

Portrait of an older Indonesian dock worker in a sun hat with face and clothes dusted in white ceramic powder at Sunda Kelapa, Jakarta — Powder gets everywhere

Group of dock workers in turquoise work clothes loading and stacking white sacks at Sunda Kelapa harbor, Jakarta — Loading

Wooden cargo ship's deck stacked with large white sacks at Sunda Kelapa harbor, Jakarta — Loaded onto a ship

Workers on bamboo scaffolding repairing and painting the blue hull of a wooden cargo ship at Sunda Kelapa harbor — Ship repairs

The second part of our walk was through a village where we found some guys racing pigeons, and the finale of a bird song competition. Who knew that was going on North Jakarta late on a Sunday afternoon.