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DANIEL SANNWALD

DANIEL SANNWALD

Born in Germany in 1979, Daniel Sannwald is emerging as one of the true original voices in contemporary photography. In a landscape dominated by referential and repetitive imagery, Daniel is establishing a strong and recognizable signature that is already catching the attention of some of the most influential trendsetters in the fashion and photography industries. His surrealistic and hauntingly beautiful images speak of a world were Fashion and Art meet to reveal a unique narrative.
Daniel studied at the Royal Academy in Antwerp and is now based in London.
Daniel contributes to numerous magazines. Amongst them: Dazed & Confused, i-D, Vogue Hommes Japan, V magazine and Qvest. His work has been honoured with a nomination by the Photomuseum Winterhur in Switzerland, and a Lead Award nomination in Germany. He has photographed projects for Louis Vuitton, Nike, Adidas, Replay, Wrangler and Shiseido.
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sun

the sun will close its circle in the sky before i close my own.

this evening i was sitting on my roof thinking of tomorrow. i plan to buy comics, sweeties and magic tricks.

i dreamed about a safari and was wondering how it would feel to ride a giraffe. if i would have my own giraffe i would use it as a crane. i would for example deliver letters to my friends who live above the 7th floor.

soon i want to tell you about my new found friend rose. who is the oldest friend i ever had. she is 90 and she reads me her poems out loud. She likes to talk about love and eat smelly cheese and so do i. you should meet her for a cup of tea. she is wonderful.

geography of the heavens

today
-my friend narelle showed me “the geography of the heavens”
- marlon’s friend pelin been playing a small acoustic wake up sunday concert in my room while i was half awake and half asleep

such a nice easter sunday!

冥王星和冥卫一

below a recent interview in chinese and english on my book “pluto and charon”.
“Pluto and Charon” is available in selected bookshops, amazon
or
at LUDION ( click here)

Click on the images to see them bigger.

jangala of friends

these days i am really happy to run home and jump into my bed… my friend enrique is camping in my room. i love to camp and i love to talk late at night… especially if its talking with my friend enrique. in the mornings i wake up and look at him and i get really happy inside… its wonderful to have friends like him. its wonderful and it makes you strong for the day.

today i am also really excited to go to bed fast and to wake up early because a few month ago i joined a volunteer organisation called “befriending lonely elderly”in london and i became the friend of the lovely jewish elderly joe. tomorrow i will visit my elderly friend joe and i will surprise him with a passover lunch party… :-) maybe we will dance tango too.! because joe used to be a wonderful tango dancer.

such an eventful time.

wonderful.!

;・)


click here to read my i-D interview about my show “the moon always follows the sun”.

half asleep and half awake

Half asleep and half awake,
half dreaming, half aware,
I cogitate..

another magazine korea

another korea is out.
get your kimchi and have a look.

here are a few images out of the story:

styling: joanna schlenzka
hair: tomo jidai
make up: adrien pinault
model: kang sueng-hyun
set: fabienne eisenstein
digi + retouch: studio private

l’officiel homme germany

lenny pier ramos, james trimmer and scott campbell and i joined forces to shoot the spring summer LV collection for the recent issue of l’officiel hommes germany.
hair: olivier de vriendt @ artlist
make up: yacine diallo @ artlist
casting: melanie constein
models: david asdrubal, lucho jacob, vladimir mccray, bertold rothas, cyrill huillard, tomaz de oliveira

ursa minor


Today i discovered that my marks on my abdominal form the star constellation of ursa minor.
Ursa Minor, also known as the LITTLE BEAR, is a constellation in the northern sky.
I am very excited by this discovery… very mysterious… i am dreaming of adventures which will clear things up… so very exciting.

“The moon always follows the sun”

The Hyeres Festival presents my first exhibition “The moon always follows the sun”.

come and visit if you can :-) . i am very exited.

Another Magazine Korea preview 2 / Song to the siren

Joanna Schlenzka and I did the main story for the first Issue of Another Magazine Korea. Inspired by the sirens.

On the floating, shapeless oceans

I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving into your eyes.

And you sang “Sail to me, sail to me;

Let me enfold you.”

Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.

Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?

Now my foolish boat is leaning, broken love lost on your rocks.

For you sang, “Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow.”
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I’m as puzzled as a newborn child.
I’m as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?

Hear me sing: “Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you.”

“Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you.”

thought deliverer

imagine how nice it would be if you had an owl living in your head. every evening the owl would fly out to deliver thoughts. the owl would of course know to whom the thoughts are addressed to… owls are clever!