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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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merry christmas everyone!

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:-)

a circle and a pea

circle

yesterday night i went out to dance on a boat (fake boat) .
that night i meet marlon who so we had to find out went to the same school and day care as me in munich.

my heart was beating very fast… i like when life makes circles.

i wonder what will happen next in my life…

maybe:

….

You will marry the first person who tells you your eyes are like scrambled eggs.

(frank o’hara – lines for the fortune cookies)

one of my favourite pages in my book “Pluto and Charon” is the mirror page in the middle.
You can order my book from today on at LUDION.

pea

at the moment i am sleeping on 3 mattresses all pilled up on a high bed.
why?
because i want to meet a prince.! inspired by the fairy tale ” the princess and the pea” i want to place a small pea under the mattresses, so when a boy sleeps over , i will find out easily his true identity.

last night i wanted to try it out, as my friend kathi slept over ( i am suspicious – she could be a princess)… but had no peas in the house.!

at the moment my favourite book is “soul” by robert blackson.
robert asked people all over the world to draw their souls.

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My quietness has a man in it, he is transparent
and he carries me quietly, like a gondola, through the streets.
He has several likenesses, like stars and years, like numerals.

(frank o’hara – in memories of my feelings)

presents from antwerp

every time i go back to antwerp i return with wonderful presents.!

this time i returned with:

1. jewelry from the antwerp label COH

2. mountain tea

3. lovely notes with stamps and hand writings of friends

disco

yesterday night i took a dance with my friends from LUX.
i think the people from LUX and the people around LUX are some of the nicest people in London.
and they are not just nice but also the best dancers in town.! and we love disco music of course!
i was so happy yesterday that i had to tell everyone over and over again… how nice it is to be amongst such lovely dancers.! yuuuhuu.

if you dont know the LUX you should have a look ….
LUX is an arts agency which explores ideas around artists’ moving image practice through exhibition, distribution, publishing, education and research.
click here for more infos about LUX.!

and
practice your moves. because they might ask you to show your dance moves at one point.

digital sweden

i wanted to say quickly hello for stockholm.

wonderful mountains of snow and… listen to this.! after work i went to a small bar in which i found an old friend – MAX!
i like when things like that happens.

the same day dazed digital wrote a feature on my book with a small interview.!

. click here!

imaginary landscape

there been times when i saw the grand canyon in the foldings of my pants.

today i feel a landscape inside of me. its hard to explain but its wonderful.

north-west-east-south

happy look

i am just back from a wonderful weekend in antwerp and the painting from my dear antwerp friend Veronik Willems (click here to see more of her nice works) made me think about all things i like to watch and observe.

here is my top 3:

stones

universe

acorn

Pluto and Charon

the first copy of “Pluto and Charon”

:-)

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elderly

so at the elderly christmas party:

we ate mouth sticking caramel fudge, danced zumba and got attacked by water pistoles… it was great.

oh and:

the elderly loved my suit!

“what a silk!” one said!

and believe it or not we had the universe shinning above us.
at one point i tipped joseph on his shoulders and showed him the stars…
he smiled and said : thank you.

the magic suit

last night i got a wonderful present from till.

i got a magic suit.

magic because since i put it on a lot of nice and magical things has happened to me..!
i mean okay who knows maybe its just a normal suit and i just had a good day but i have a suspicious feeling that the suit is magical…

i will observe and report…!

:-) happy to have u till!
thank you.

i will wear it today to the elderly christmas party and will see what kind of magic it will bring to all the lovely old people.