Biography

 

"It all started in Singapore in 2007. I was drawn back into an analogous temptation by a Leica M6, which I saw as a reflection in a shop window on the main street."

 

From that very moment, my life — as seen through the viewfinder — turned black, white and grainy. I immediately fell in love with photography and its unique ability to capture and preserve a single instant in time: both that moment's perfections and imperfections.

 

I subsequently relocated to Asia for a year with Bali as my base. My travels included Singapore, China, Indonesia and Japan. The latter was, for me, a true and somewhat magical symbiosis between the avant-garde and the conventionally traditional. My fascination for Japan continues to this day.

 

Sandra de Keller, born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1978, grew up in Ibiza, Spain, and in Salzburg, Austria. Sandra studied interior design at the Elisava in Barcelona and worked several years as a freelance agent and stylist for various international architecture and design magazines.