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IJEN

3/5/2015

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by David Leitner

The traditional sulphur miners from the Ijen Plateau
bear the scars of their labour - poisoned lungs and
skin criss-crossed with burns and scars, for about
10€ a day.

Several hundred men work in the heart of Ijen
volcano in East Java, Indonesia. Each day, they
collect yellow lumps of sulphur that solidify beside
its acidic crater lake. Once processed, the sulphur is
used to bleach sugar, make matches and is used in
pharmacy.

David Leitner is a painter living and working in
Vienna. This exhibition is based on memories and
photos of a trip to the vulcano in 2013.
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