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take time to notice by Rona Keller Via Flickr: Ah, the memories from an autumnal world through the windows of my uni :') film, mid November 2013

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Hi tumblr, I miss you. So here are some photos and words I put together yesterday, some of which are memories that I once shared in this corner of the internet.

finding quiet in forests full of memories 

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At the end of December, I visited one of the forests I sometimes came to during the early days of my photography journey. In search for a place I once took photos at, I walked along forest roads covered in deciduous trees still carrying their autumn foliage, until I found myself standing in a place that felt very familiar. In the autumn of 2011, I spent a few hours here, making and creating memories. It was a golden autumn and I couldn’t grasp just how quickly it went by, and wrote into my diary the same day — ”Every leaf falling off breaks my heart a little more.“  To capture this feeling, I took a self portrait here, placing my camera on a high seat, looking down on me. 

Eleven years later, the high seat was deteriorated and its ladder was missing, so I wasn’t able to climb up there this time around. I climbed as high as I could (which wasn’t very high) and dove deep into this heartfelt moment, letting the memories of my early self portraits rush through me. I set up my camera, this time on a tripod on the ground, and put my feelings into a new self portrait in the same space. On this day in late December, I didn’t only find a place changed by the influence of the many seasons that had passed since, but also a little bit of myself.

These are a mixture of photos from October 2011 and December 2022, as well as film memories from my first year of shooting film. 

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a summer day at the lake von Rona Keller via Flickr: Daniel in Stockholm film, late August 2015

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my first winter in Stuttgart von Rona Keller via Flickr: film, early December 2012

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the world she draws by Rona Keller Via Flickr: there is so much beauty in watching someone do what they love Lisa in Prague film, late July 2017 (this was scanned from a print, hence the quality)

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at six in the morning by Rona Keller 

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a new home by Rona Keller

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the warmth of the oven by Rona Keller Via Flickr: film, mid February 2016

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17/03/2017 by Rona Keller Via Flickr: the prettiest envelope I ever received, from Madeleine :) polaroid SX-70

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18/06/2016 by Rona Keller Via Flickr: I listened to the rain fall while writing into my journal.

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Swedish summer memories film, late August 2015

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Berlin in the rain by Rona Keller Via Flickr: A week after my birthday and a few days before Daniel and I left Berlin my friends Gregor and Chrisse came to visit, we biked through the city and hid from the rain in a car park before letting the evening fade away with tapas and conversations. What a lovely day to look back on. :) film, mid September 2015

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a birthday stroll through Freiburg by Rona Keller Via Flickr: film, mid September 2013

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a taste of summer in Stockholm by Rona Keller Via Flickr: Daniel and Julian film, late August 2015