Fanny Kusumawardhani was born in Majalengka in (1993). She encountered photography in 2012, when studying at the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI), Yogyakarta, where she graduated in 2016. Fanny started her career as a photojournalist at a Jakarta-based online media between 2016 and mid-2020. She currently works as a freelance photographer in Jakarta, focusing on social, cultural and environmental issues. Photography has provided a platform for her to see the world and get to know different kinds of people.