We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Barbara Lopez a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Barbara, thanks for joining us today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
My story behind my mission is meaningful because it reminds me of my grandma. She would always encourage me to try new things. What she would always tell me “don’t give up on something you worked so hard on” and ever since she passed away i still keep going for her. 2020 I was diagnosed with depression, ever since I had such a hard time finding myself and finding what can make me happy. Once I touched a camera it just felt like cure, since ever since I build my page, website and got recognition all thanks to my grandma for giving me hope even if she’s not here with me.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I’m Barbara Lopez. I was born in Nashville tennessee and then moved to Venezuela and lived there for 5 years. Freshman year i started to find a passion on taking pictures and sophomore-junior year i joined the yearbook team and starting to build my website and sharing my work to friends and family. I am proud of how i am going so far because my freshman self wouldn’t believe I am satisfied where am at
What else should we know about how you took your side hustle and scaled it up into what it is today?
At first photography was a side business but every since i’ve been recognized it became a full time thing
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
My right know goal is probably take pictures of famous athletes
Contact Info:
- Website: https://barbaralopez.mypixieset.com/
- Instagram: photosbybarbara_
- Tik tok: photosbybarbara_
Image Credits
Lameka York Andrea Greendinge