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I go by Danielle...

What does one say about themself? I was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. I grew up wanting to become an architect, but when I reached an age of reasoning, I realized that my incredible lack of mathematic skills would prevent this from ever happening. I still continued to draw outlandish blueprints on notebook paper throughout my teen years, but set my realistic goals on becoming a singer/songwriter/fashion designer/model. When a modeling agency alerted me to the size of my nose and (at the time) teen acne, I realized yet another dream would be stifled.

It wasn’t until I was unemployed for a brief 6 month period in 2001 that I realized my love for photography. I spent a considerable amount of time searching used bookstores for any books written about photography. Although I’m sure some of these books made sense to someone, they might as well have been Japanese to me. I figured I would never be able to grasp that technical side of photography due to my numerical dyslexia. So I let that dream burn low for a while… Well, in 2006, after having a gargantuan revelation about my dissatisfaction in working “for the man”, I decided to go to back to school. I took my butt up to Gwinnett Technical College and enrolled myself in Commercial Photography. In September 2008, after more blood, sweat, tears and money than I ever thought possible, I marched my weary yet excited bones from the building holding my degree in commercial photography. It was one of the hardest, but most awesome things I’ve ever done.

After shooting weddings for 6 years, I needed a change of pace. I got rid of 2/3 of my belongings, said goodbye to my friends and family and moved across the country to Costa Mesa, CA. Although I would have gladly stayed in California, I moved back across the country again to the trendy area of Park Slope, Brooklyn. There, I gave birth to two wonderful girls, Violet and Emilie, 10.5 months apart.

I have lived in Marblehead, MA with my 9 & 10-year-old girls and my French Bulldog, Kevin, since 2017, and I could see myself staying here forever. It’s the most picture-perfect postcard town.

Life takes many turns and it isn’t always the fairy tale we’ve been sold that it should be, but… that’s life. We get up, dust ourselves off and keep on moving. I am a single mom doing what single moms do. Everything! I’m doing my best to be a great mom, a great artist and showing my girls that you can do anything if you try hard enough. In Feb 2023, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction and am happy to say that I am in remission. I have learned so much, but the most important thing I’ve taken away from it all is that life is short and your happiness is the most important thing to focus on.

I currently live in Marblehead, MA with my 9 & 10 year olds girls, and my french bulldog, Kevin.