Interview with Ksenia Krondo from France

BY Maizura June 08, 2023

Ksenia Krondo | MUSE Photography Awards

Ksenia Krondo

Ksenia Krondo is a self-taught Siberian photographer that is based in France that found interest in photographer during her attempts in working as an amateur model.

My name is Ksenia Krondo and I'm a Siberian photographer based in France. I found interest in photography when I was 19 years old through my attempts to work as an amateur model.

Nowhere! I'm a 100% self-taught photographer!

I guess it was a friend of mine, I was trying to do some kind of quirky fashion photoshoot! Of course it was absolutely horrible but the road to the success always starts from a small step.

Fujifilm gfx50r, 45mm lens.

It's an amazing feeling when people tell me that I'm an artist and my pictures looks like a painting.

I'm getting inspired the most by uniqueness and diversity of a humans looks. But I can't deny that my works has been affected by medieval romance and classical paintings.

Fairy-tale, medieval, feminine.

As a self-taught artist who has no art background or foundation, I have been perceiving photography as a hobby most of my life - I really appreciate that my works were noticed in such a big and serious competition!

I have two works this year (both are gold winners). One of them - "Of humans and animals" is inspired by last year's occurrences. There are still countries in the world where women have less right to express themselves, to be seen than mere animals. Where women deserve so much more yet have so much less than you could imagine.

The other one - "The mermaid story" - is inspired by my childhood memories. I tried to recreate fairy-tale illustrations from the book that I've loved to read as a small girl. Half-folklore and half-nostalgic story that visualized my homesickness that I get when leaving my country.

My goal is to surround myself and my art around more fairy-inspired people but my absolute dream is to collaborate with art galleries.

Paolo Roversi, Annie Leibovitz and Kristy Mitchell.

Do not be afraid to make mistakes - it's a part of the journey.

Today we have so much information, opportunities and amazing people around us that are open to the perception of new unique styles. We live in a completely different era where rules are changing every year and the technical accessibility is pretty affordable. Give it a try and don't restrain yourself with any limits.

My key to success is hard work, pulling yourself out of your comfort zone all the time and get inspiration from everywhere.

Social media can be really helpful with pointing to the directions of new interesting areas.