Interview with Photographer: Rona Keller
Rona Keller is an 18 year old photographer from Germany. Her works can only be described as wonderful, beautiful, simple yet extraordinary. Things we take for granted, Rona has photographed to make them look so amazing and interesting and the colours in all her photos are absolutely amazing. So bold and real! Take a look at her gallery where you can find a mix of emotive, expressive and colourful photographs.
1. What is your name?
My name is Jana Rona Keller, but everybody calls me Rona ever since I have been born.
2. What age are you?
18, I’m turning 19 in about a month.
3. Where are you from?
Germany
4. When did you realise your love for photography?
In 2007, when summer came to its end. It has rather been an accident, I bought some colourful dice and wanted to take pictures of them, without ulterior motives concerning photography, but I liked the results, and so I began to take more and more pictures. Pictures of myself, my friends, my family, my cat, things, places, everything.
5. What is your proudest piece of work you’ve ever done?
I think that would be ‘some help’. I’m very proud of the idea and it turned out exactly the way I wanted it to be.
6. What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?
In ten years I’m living happily with my family and taking pictures of our perfect moments together. Maybe it is cliché, but it’s my personal paradise, so I don’t care if it really is.
7. Who is your favourite photographr?
There are several: Josefine Jonsson, Rockie Nolan, Fiona Jane Kerr and Anna Szczekutowicz. I discover new amazing artists every day, so if you’d ask me in a month, I would name 5 more people. I only discovered Anna a few weeks ago, but I’m impressed by the others for quite some time now.
8. Who and what is your inspiration?
Mostly people and things around me, other photographers I admire (mentioned above) and their work, things that happen to me, my personal feelings, and sometimes even music.
9. What are your favourite things to do?
Taking pictures, spending time with my friends, simply enjoying my time off.
10. And finally, do you have a favourite saying or quote?
“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” - Ernst Haas
