Austin Texas based photographer, Daniela Hernandez is in her third year of college pursuing a BA in Photography media arts at St. Edwards. Her work focuses on capturing moments and details that often go unnoticed, highlighting the beauty in everyday life. Inspired by her unique perspective, Hernandez seeks to show others the world through her eyes—finding beauty in the ordinary and translating that into compelling images.
Artist Statement
My work is solely based on my perspective. I focus on photographing things that either stand out to me and things that deserve more attention. I like to take my pictures and organize them in a messy collage. I do this so that people can take time and have a closer look at the picture. I believe that pictures are meant to be admired and by putting them into a collage there is more to look at.
Although there are many other things I could photograph I chose to do this type of work, as someone with autism and ADHD I want others to admire and look at things the way I see them. There isn’t much negative space in my pictures nor is there anything that is the center of attention in them. There is meant for there to be a lot to look at in my photos for your eyes to wonder all around it. My pictures are meant to be longly looked at. That is what I want out of my work for people to look closely at it, it's a way for others to see things from a different perspective.
I love doing this type of work but I also enjoy taking pictures at night. Being able to capture things that can only be seen at night is beautiful. The night life is completely different from the daytime. All the bright neon lights deserve to be seen. When it comes to these types of pictures it's better to have a crowd around to give more life to it. Normally there is nothing that is ever the center of attention in my pictures but for these even if there are people in the pictures the neon lights are the center of attention.