Jakarta born Rony Zakaria was graduated from college with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. He taught himself photography during his college years.

He studied photography for one year in 2006 at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara. His final project "From Zero to Hero", which focused on the post-war era in war torn region Aceh, was exhibited at the gallery. Since then he has received commissions to document various issues in Indonesia and South East Asia.

In 2008 and 2009, He received two photographic grants from FAO and Mochtar Lubis Award to pursuit his personal projects in Indonesia. His works have been published in many leading publications including Time Asia, Monocle magazine, BBC and Asian Geographic among others. Zakaria's works have been exhibited in Jakarta, Marseille, Pattaya, Taipei and Bangladesh.

He divided his time between Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia.


Achievements:

2010 – 2nd Place NPPA BOP Non-Traditional Photojournalism Publishing Category
2010 – First Prize Photo Stories in Tempo Best of Photojournalism Year 2009
2009 – Mochtar Lubis Award Grant for Investigative Reporting
2009 – Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism Fellowship
2008 – United Nation FAO Grant to document Avian culture in Indonesia

Exhibitions:

2009 - "In Harmonie", Chobimela V International Photo Festival, Bangladesh
2009 - "Images of Indonesia", Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
2008 - "Shadows of Pandemic", Antara Gallery of Photojournalism, Jakarta 2008
2008 - "Hidden in Plain Sight", River Gallery, Taiwan 2008
2007 - "From Zero to Hero", Antara Gallery of Photojournalism, Jakarta 2007