“90 ‘& Beyond” photo exhibition officially opened at Sarinah Mall – Indonesia’s latest viral

VIRALTERKINI.ID, JAKARTA – The photo exhibition “90 ‘& Beyond” has begun today, in the public area of ​​Mal Sarinah, Jakarta, Sunday (8/24/2025), afternoon, WIB. The PSSI Collaboration event, PSSI Press, and Indonesian Photo Reporter (PFI) Jakarta opened with a welcome procession from PSSI Arya Sinulingga Executive Committee (Exco) members.

The event that is open to the public and free presents various activities. In addition to photos of the Indonesian national team by photo journalists from all over Indonesia, a book was launched which contains 18 writings of the Indonesian national team’s travel by 18 journalists from various media.

A total of 69 selected photos displayed were the result of curation by two senior journalists, Arief Bagus and Yuniadhi Agung, displayed at two points of Sarinah Mall. According to the theme ‘Two Years of the Transformation of the Indonesian National Team’, the photos displayed include various moments of the Indonesian national team, both male and female from various age groups to seniors in the last two years.

Various iconic moments are displayed such as the celebration of Marselino Ferdinan after scoring a goal against Saudi Arabia on Round 3 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. There is also a photo of the celebration of Ole Romeny after breaking into Bahrain goalkeeper at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK) in March this year.

While the posts displayed were three of the story of the Indonesian U-23 national team which almost qualified for the 2024 Olympics, the story of the Indonesian national team which for the first time escaped the Asian Cup group phase (2023), and the success of the Indonesian national team again won the SEA Games (2023) after fasting 32 years of the Work from IDNTIMES reporters, Print Kompas, and CNN Indonesia.

“Today we enjoy the exhibition, the name of the football photo exhibition is never separated from football material. The history of football will be described from the photo. How-the process of a history will be described and caught from the pictures of journalist friends. With the development of football at this level, the material will certainly be massive,” Arya Sinulingga said when giving a greeting sentence.

“So actually if you want to see the historical process of football, then look at the shots and writings of journalists. We from PSSI would like to thank, because friends are witnesses from the history of Indonesian football in the two years. Historical witnesses get a picture and write our football transformation. And that is a picture and catch of Indonesian football passion,” he said.

After giving a speech, Arya Sinulingga was given the opportunity to photograph the visitors present. Calculate he also felt the difficulty of being a photographer to get a ‘talking’ photo.

While one of the photo curators, Arief Bagus, shared the photo selection process to be displayed at the exhibition. He ensured that the process was carried out objectively.

“The method is similar to the judging of the photo competition. We do not know the photo in what moment, then do not know who the photographer is, or from which media. So only the photos are displayed to us. The photos we choose must be accounted for the public whether it is feasible or not. 150-200.

While the Chairman of the 90 ′ & Beyond, Octobryan Purwo Hartanto, said that this event was a form of journalist support for the Indonesian national team through photo and writing. Journalists play an active role in the development of the Indonesian national team.

“We reporters when watching the national team feel like playing too. But it’s not possible because it is not an athlete. Then we think about how to fight together so that the national team passes the World Cup. The reason finally made us initiate the photo exhibition ‘Two Years of the Indonesian National Team Transformation’. We are from PSSI Press with PFI Jakarta, which contains photos and book writers, collaborating together to hold the Indonesian national team photo exhibition for the first time,” said Octobryan.

“This event certainly cannot be carried out without the help of PSSI through PT GSI. We planned this event for a long time, the curation of photos, and the writing presented is the best of all Indonesian journalists. Because this is our event, it is good we celebrate and support the Indonesian national team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup,” he said again (MA)