Dani The Highlander, is an ethno-photography and avisual witness of a tour operator about the traditional and primitive life of Dani Tribe and warriors living in the highlands of Papua who are known for their harsh characters. In this book, Evi Aryati Arbay was able to pacify them through sincerity, honesty, patience, coffee, candles and cigarettes, as ways of entering the personal boundaries of the Melanesians of the Baliem Valley. Ethnophotography is not easy and takes outstanding patience. The photographer explored and shared her good and bad experiences. She spared her time to document, intensely communicate and encourage students in Wamena to study through books and dictionaries she handed. Such sincere approach was key in making the Dani smile widely.
She became emerging Indonesian Author and Ethnographer since she published Dani The Highlanders, Book about Dani Tribe who live in Jayawijaya mountain range in New Guinea which be Hits book in 2014, Book of Baduy “ Baduy Locked In Time” as her duet Ethnography book with Indonesian Top Neurologist Hardiono D Pusponegoro and others special request book for private companies and government institutions in Indonesia Been travel a lot in Indonesia, Asia, Europe, Africa and USA, already held for Solo Exhibition in Indonesia-Japan-Italy-USA.
