Indra Abriyanto was born in Makassar on 6 October 1996. Since the last semester of his vocational school, he has shown interest in photography. His interest found a channel when he studied at Universitas Fajar Makassar, where he joined the Students’ Activity Unit in Photography (Uforia) and the internal media UKM Pers Kertas. Other than that, he joined the third batch at the regular class of Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara (GFJA) Makassar. In early 2018, he started his career as a photojournalist at the local media Gosulsel.com. He then joined Harian Rakyat Sulsel in the mid of 2019, his current workplace. To Indra, photography is never a mere passive object, but something that keeps stories. He actively covers different issues, including metropolitan, politics, economy and natural disaster.