Arief Priyono is an Indonesian documentary photographer. He studied photography at the Antara School of Journalism and worked as a photographer at the Indonesian News Agency ANTARA from 2007 to 2012 before transitioning to a career as a freelance photojournalist.
In 2013 and 2014, he received a scholarship for the Photographer Training of Trainers program from the PannaFoto Institute at Erasmus Huis, the Dutch Cultural Center in Jakarta. His work has been published in both national and international media. His first documentary film, focusing on children orphaned due to COVID-19 in Indonesia, received the Ruedi Hofmann Media Award at the 7th Puskat Film Festival in 2021.
His project on Japanese Internment Camps received an Honorable Mention in the Innovate Artist Grants for Spring 2023. Most recently, he received a grant from Internews' Earth Journalism Network for his coverage of the jellyfish population explosion in the Madura Strait, Probolinggo.
His ongoing project, "A Long Road to Kill My Mother," was showcased at the projection night of the Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) 2023 and the Angkor Photo Festival 2024.
