Between Photography and the meaning of Being: New Interviews

The international publications Canvas Rebel Magazine and Bold Journal dedicate extensive analytical features to Romina Daniele's production, focusing their investigation on the indissoluble bond between photographic technique, multimedia, and the purest meaning of existence.

Romina has always been working with photography since she was living in Milan; you can read about all the steps that brought her deeper into the field in the About section of the website RominaDanielePhotography.com.

Lately, she had the opportunity to explain her path even better with the interviews we are listing here.

« This is all about being open to understanding a little more of the original meaning of what we really are. And to share is for your own good and that of the human race. »

Full articles from Canvas Rebel (September 5th, 2023) and Bold Journal (September 30th, 2023) are following.

Bold Journal, September 30th 2023

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Romina Daniele. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Romina below.

Romina, so good to have you with us today. We’ve got so much planned, so let’s jump right into it. We live in such a diverse world, and in many ways the world is getting better and more understanding but it’s far from perfect. There are so many times where folks find themselves in rooms or situations where they are the only ones that look like them – that might mean being the only woman of color in the room or the only person who grew up in a certain environment etc. Can you talk to us about how you’ve managed to thrive even in situations where you were the only one in the room?

When you are the only one in the room that looks like you, you already are effective or successful, as long as everybody is fascinated by your ability to be unique. When you are this way, you actually don’t do anything peculiar to build it as you have found yourself born in that condition. You’ll learn with the years to focus purely on the opening of research and on sharing for good, instead of being vain, and this will teach you to be safe and to protect the true meaning of doing art from the jealousy of others as well as from the showing-off mania.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I graduated Cum Laude in Cinema Studies and I went deep into technologies applied to art, sound technology and multimedia while attending the Milan Conservatory. I’ve been composing electronic music all my life, and even when I record rock or blues pieces, I am the one who takes care of the editing and mastering, which I consider a part of the composing process, as I work with sounds as I work on perception, consciousness and human abilities themselves.

As I completed classical studies and I’ve always been involved with literary investigative processes, all I do is very bound with the true meaning of philosophy, which is one thing with making art in my experience.

I gained important prizes during the years, and I’ve been publishing books and records. I went into the photography field deeper and deeper, starting an ongoing “Berlin project” about 15 years ago.

I work with every kind of client and the special part of it is probably what they call the thoughtful aim of my approach. Like I had the chance to explain lately, I believe they refer to the art itself in the way I can feel and spread it, as what it is tied to the very final meaning of the human being—the way the universe can talk to us in relation to the meaning of being as to create, which is one thing with gaining consciousness and being a little closer to the purest and original sense of existence.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
I think I had a very peculiar path and background where multimedia and philosophy are one thing, to summarize and use schematic words. There is also everything in between and around. The first aim you need to have to make true art is the willingness to work on the connections—between techniques and materials, levels of perception, and the human being and the universe. You will learn the skills and abilities you’ll need by being connected to the vocation of doing art.

There will be no schemes or rules others made for you; you may need some just in case, but you are mainly working in the land of creation where the real and unique goal is to catch knowledge and to spread it for the good of yourself and the entire human race.

You know you are a main energy in action, using techniques and technologies to create and understand, and thus to share and spread. The action of working and creating is everything you are in (the way you do) and no subject can move you from the path (the things you can do).

There will be no final purpose other than the main one, the unique and most important, the one which remains — as a conscious and thinking being open to the connection with the purest and most original sense of existence.

“Never stop believing”. It is actually not a question of belief but of being, and of being in the opening, tending towards the original meaning.

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?
Many times in my life – writing, publishing, being interviewed – I had the occasion to share most of my bibliography. First of all, it is included in my own books, which are available in many places starting from our own platform at the website jadysdanieles.com. One of them is available in English as well, and it is my Poetry collection. Then you can refer to my main website for any short articles I wrote and shared for free. Since I have always worked on connections, ramifications, and many levels – summarizing, let’s say, between philosophy and technologies –, my story and biography, even on Wikipedia, are all over very full of literary references, as my musical records are too.

The last record I published, Spannung, has a booklet of 36 pages full of photographs and opening with an essay. All those fields I have been working in constitute my way of doing art, and, as I always try to underline, I believe the human being is on earth with the purpose of creating, which is the same thing as thinking, where thinking is creating thoughts and consciousness, not a mechanical brain operation. It is being in the opening, tending towards the original meaning itself.

Canvas Rebel, September 5th 2023

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Romina Daniele. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Romina, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today To kick things off, we’d love to hear about things you or your brand do that diverge from the industry standard.

Hello and it is so much my pleasure to talk with you and write for your magazine today. It is all about the story behind my mission. I am a music composer with a background in technology and classical studies, and a multimedia researcher with a master’s graduate degree in Cinema. Photography and the history of art form just the foundational pillars of mega-fields such as these. I have earned two master’s degrees and have achieved global recognition through my record and book publications. I have been through both philosophical and multimedia paths extensively. And I have been able to carefully explain the entire process that brought me to take photographs for a living in the interview for Voyage Miami, which I would like to link here as well, since I will make this article different than that and readers may have the chance to delve into some points if needed: http://voyagemia.com/interview/check-out-romina-danieles-story

All those fields I have been working in constitute my way of doing art, which is for me a form of spiritual vocation: I believe the human being is on earth with the purpose of creating, which is the same thing as thinking, where thinking is not a mechanical brain operation but the “being in” all in one with perception, and the creation itself, of consciousness—to say a main thing with a straight word.

I have been painting on large canvases with oils and I have been singing my own blues. I have performed electronic and classical music on different kinds of stages in Europe and I managed a live music venue in Miami. At the same time, I have been working on a 1,000-page essay on contemporary society related to technologies and vocals related to the meaning of being (and this is an ongoing project).

When I offer a photoshoot service, I am offering all my knowledge to make the desired pictures in accordance with my style, which is consistent, and with all that said, I am focused on making art with the images in the same way I do with sound, or even better.

Romina, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

RominaDanielePhotography.com is the third but not the least field I actively and proudly work in. The first two are related to RominaDaniele.com (my music and my writings) and JadysDaniels.com (now bonded with RDM Records, for our productions and live music activity). I founded these latter with my partner Lorenzo Marranini over about 15 years of lifetime, and Jadys Daniele is the name of our six-year-old child.

I can provide clients with both stills and videos, and the most appreciated feedback I received from them regards the thoughtful aim they can perceive from my approach and what I create. I believe they refer to the art itself or the way the universe can talk to them through my creations, which is why I started this article by saying the meaning of being is to create. That’s a connection to the universe, where every single one of us comes from, and it is related to the ability to catch a little immensity of what we really are.

As I have often said, borrowing language from cinema theorists, when you catch the second with a photograph, and you fix the image on the support, you are able to really see and discover details and facts you cannot see otherwise. It is always a sunrise (which is the second thing I love to photograph, and the first one is my daughter—as you can see from the images attached to this article).

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Having the ability to share what I just called a little immensity of what we really are. People can feel a kind of special energy spreading out from what they get and are in, and they will be enriched by the set of photographs, learning something new about themselves. This is not exactly related to the impressiveness of the latest high-tech movie release or similar matters, but to the art itself, which moves throughout quality and technology, being the last, unique and irreplaceable immaterial essence. You can earn money with art, but you cannot do art with the sole purpose of making money, as art is tied to the very final meaning of the human being — the unique and most important, the one which remains — as a conscious and thinking being connected with the purest and most original sense of existence. To share is the goal.

On the other hand, catching people’s special moments is something special. I participate in every kind of emotion every day.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

That is illustrated by my story itself. I can change my shapes: vocals, composing, performing, producing, making photographs and videos, managing a music venue. But I can only do and spread art.

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