Riska
Munawarah

Awardee

Country

Indonesia

Riska Munawarah promotes free expression through her photography.

Themes
Free Expression / Civil Society
Disciplines
Photography
Awards
SEED Award 2023

Profile

Riska Munawarah is a documentary photographer based in Indonesia. Riska uses photography to tell a story and its social context, as well as to challenge the status quo by capturing daily moments in her surroundings. She has worked as a photojournalist at a local news agency and her interest in people and their relationships manifested in wider themes including social changes, human rights, feminism, and environmental issues. Riska’s work was selected as runner-up for Best Work of the 2019 Permata PhotoJournalist Grant. Her photos have been published at Insumatra Photo Festival (2018), Solo Photo Festival (2020), and Jakarta International Photo Festival (2022), among others.