SELF

SELF is a journey of lavish vulnerability, self-knowledge, self-acceptance and intimacy.

“It took me a while to get to know myself.

I passed through a lot in the last 33 years of my life, finally, after all, I can see some light. It hasn’t been hell all the time but I had it tough.

After two very early pregnancies and moving to a new continent at the age of 22, I didn’t have the time to solve my childhood traumas and issues that came with becoming a mother at the age of 19. I was too busy raising my children as a single mom in a new country, plus developing my artistic career, by attending art school.

In the last three years, I finally have the time and mindset to sort myself out, as my kids are teenagers now.

It took me a lot of self-work, tears and acceptance…

Old Daniela is dead now. When I buried her, I grieved her for some time. My heart was broken. I needed to forgive her and respect her past.

It feels like I am transcendent from researching the male through my lens. Now I dare to get closer to myself and my emotions through this series.”

This series has been completed as a self-published art photo book, launched in April 2021as an edition of 50 copies.