Kynan Tegar is a photographer and filmmaker from the Dayak Iban tribe of the island of Borneo, Kalimantan,
Indonesia. He is currently studying Social Anthropology at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. Growing up in
and around the traditional longhouse of his village of Sungai Utik, he has learned directly from the elders, their
wisdom and values, their stories of resistance in the face of encroaching deforestation, and the threats to their
way of life. Picking up his first camera as an inquisitive twelve year old, he was making his first short films soon
after, and soon discovered the power of visual storytelling to communicate and change lives. Working with this
new medium he crafts thoughtful and emotive imagery, highlighting the quiet daily lives of the people and the
community within his tranquil village. He has won several awards and played film festivals throughout the
world with his pensive and reverent style, highlighting his people’s traditional knowledge, and the importance
of balance with nature.
Kynan Tegar
