#daria lombroso

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peace is… what I hope for.

a dream is… just the first step to creating- anything. [pauses] Or not.

fear is… what holds you back.  What keeps you from trying the things that aren’t guaranteed to succeed.

power is… self-assurance.  And the freedom to speak your mind.

style is… Style if effortless.  If you try too hard, it’s not style.  It’s conformity.

sex is… always changing. [laughs big] Sometimes it matters and sometimes it just doesn’t.  And that can go for many things, both the meaning behind it, and the necessity to have it. [laughs more]

‘self’ is… a constant evolution.  It’s reflective and kind of an opportunity to decide how you wanna’ be in the world.  I don’t think that our identities are static in any way.

in 5 years, i will… I have no idea what I’ll be doing in 5 years.  But I’m excited by that.  I hope that I’ll be doing something that changes the world in a tangible way. And I have ideas of what shape or form that might take, but I’m kind of open to whatever happens.

the world is ending. i would… probably try to gather as many people that I care deeply about as possible.  It’s kind of morbid to think about dying with all the people that you love the most. [laughs] But if the world is ending, I would want to spend my last moments with those people.

my generation is… creative.  Progressive.  We’re full of change-makers that are thinking about affecting change in a different way than our predecessors.

life is… fast.

art is… many things.  I think it’s both a physical creation, but also there’s art in moments, in lived experiences, in things that you can’t necessarily wrap up in a piece and hang in a gallery. 

WWJD today? I think that, today, he would tell all the crazy religious people that they’re crazy.  And that people should all be friends, and not let religion get in the way.  And I don’t know anything about Jesus ‘cuz I’m Jewish.  So I have no idea what he would do. 

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Personal Work:

Her Site

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Daria is an artist.  She also works with kids at the Future Project.  She shoots her subjects with a straightforward intimacy – enough to make you uncomfortable.

what did you eat this morning?  I had homemade granola with Greek yogurt and dried fruit from the Smile on Bond St.  And an iced coffee.

a woman is… This is a tough one.  A woman is strong, independent, and beautiful.  Not physically, maybe also physically, but definitely more about what’s inside.

a man is… evil.  Just kidding. [laughs] I think a man is used to his place in the world.

$ is… a means of sustaining the lifestyle that you choose to live.

if i had a spare $100, i would… probably buy some piece of photo equipment that I’ve been waiting to purchase.  But $100 doesn’t get you too much so it would probably just be something like a better flash or more memory cards.  A new hard drive- I need that.

if i had a spare $10K, i would… travel to South America.  And do a tour through several different countries.

if i had a spare $250K, i would… make a documentary.  And actually hire the people that were able to do it right.  I don’t think you need a ton of money in order to make a documentary film.  But there’s so much pre-production and post-production and so much work just beyond the mission of the film, and beyond the ideas of the directors and participants.  Actually having the money to make a documentary film is really important.  I also don’t have any of the skills to make one on my own.

youth today… are more creative and empowered than even when I was in high school or younger.  I’m excited by how much more open youth are now with who they are, and at a younger age.  There’s less of a need to conform to what you’re supposed to be like as a teenager, as someone growing up in a specific area, or socioeconomic setting.  I think there are boundaries to that, but it’s apparent when you talk about something like sexuality in youth now.  Just how much more open kids are even in high school specifically around coming out, or being open about what gender you’re attracted to.  That wasn’t even an open dialogue when I was in school.

idealism is/means… means seeing the world in the way that you want it to exist.  I don’t think idealism equates with being naïve, or to dreaming up things that will never happen.  I think it’s a source of empowerment and encouragement.

b.s. is… making excuses when you don’t actually know what you want from life.  And when you don’t see the effects that your decisions have on others.

the best is… this is gonna’ get cheesy.  Okay.  The best is the moments when you can’t stop laughing and you don’t know why you’re laughing.  You’ve forgotten what you started laughing about, but you’re laughing with someone else and there’s a moment there that can’t ever really be replicated.  That’s the best.

the worst is… feeling like you’re alone even when you know that you have so many people around you that support you and love you.  It’s kind of a helpless feeling that you can’t explain.

‘real’ is… I think real is whatever you want it to be.  I think we all create ideas in our heads everyday and craft our experiences based on the way we would like them to be, or the way we would like to see them, and in that way create realities for ourselves.