Mark De Fraeye, a professor of photography in Belgium, and Pieter ter Keurs, a curator at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, jointly attempt to capture the diversity of the vast Indonesian archipelago in a single pictorial album. This is a readable and visually stimulating introduction to the history and cultural diversity of Indonesia, with a wealth of contemporary photographs of the country and its peoples. A volume which offers both visual enjoyment and also many insights into the real life situations and problems of today.