Sjamsuddin Jusuf

Born in Padang Panjang, died in Jakarta. Between 1940-1942, Sjamsuddin worked as a photographer at the Sinar Jakarta cliché factory, then became a photographer at Balai Pustaka until early 1947. After leaving Balai Pustaka, he worked briefly at the Mayfair Photo Studio, then became a freelance photographer. In late 1949, he returned to Balai Pustaka until April 1951 when he began as a cameraman at PFN. It was between 1952-1956 at PFN that he had the opportunity to study in the Netherlands. Towards the end of 1956, Sjam left PFN to work at Persari and immediately worked on "Anakku Sayang" (1957) which won the trophy for best photography in the 1960 FFI. After Persari was closed during the fil…