Rona Liana Ahdout is a Persian-American photographer and filmmaker based in New York. She received her B.F.A. in film direction, and later her M.A. in fashion styling. Born with an innate hunger to explore connection, her talent lies in her ability to build relationships with her subjects, capturing their personalities and energies while simultaneously creating a sense of vulnerability and closeness. With a focus on themes of desire, dreams, presence and intimacy, she pushes deep into the rawest parts of reality to bring a sense of freedom and release. Drawing upon her love for cinema, she creates her images to feel like stills from a movie.

She is a part owner of SHY Studio in Brooklyn where she held her first solo exhibition, “Wings.”