DARLA DEAN LEWIS
Darla
What is it that you create?
I am a photographer and I don’t think I really create anything, except maybe connection? I just try to capture real moments and real emotions that everybody experiences by photographing candid people I find on the street who I feel like telling a story and expressing something with their be- ing that anyone can relate to.
Why create this?
The most important concept in the world to me is understanding. With my photos, I try to recognize a feel- ing within myself that people from all walks of life share with me and prove that we can all understand each other based on the simple fact that we all feel sad and happy and con- fused and lost and proud sometimes. Any choice a person makes is driven by feeling and we in this world are all basically exactly the same and it's important to recognize this be- cause somehow there is still judgment and prejudice. I want people to see that it’s easy to relate to the people around you if you just look at emotion.
What is it that you create?
I am a photographer and I don’t think I really create anything, except maybe connection? I just try to capture real moments and real emotions that everybody experiences by photographing candid people I find on the street who I feel like telling a story and expressing something with their be- ing that anyone can relate to.
Why create this?
The most important concept in the world to me is understanding. With my photos, I try to recognize a feel- ing within myself that people from all walks of life share with me and prove that we can all understand each other based on the simple fact that we all feel sad and happy and con- fused and lost and proud sometimes. Any choice a person makes is driven by feeling and we in this world are all basically exactly the same and it's important to recognize this be- cause somehow there is still judgment and prejudice. I want people to see that it’s easy to relate to the people around you if you just look at emotion.
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