We recently connected with DaeJona Gordon and have shared our conversation below.

DaeJona , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

Having a passion that drives you and the skills to sell yourself and your work is not exactly common. I’ve always known that no matter if it was me selling my art alone or my art being used for advertisements or being installations, that my art would be the thing that provided. I knew that I had a certain message I want to convey and that eventually I would I would find my tribe and they would appreciate my creativity and it would provide for me. I knew that I had found my niche when I garnered a ton of interest when I first dropped the zodiac series, from that came requests for commissions, and invitations to cool opportunities. Things exploded for me and gave me the courage to continue.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I’m a photographer and digital collage artist mostly focusing on portrait photography. I’m also a digital marketer with a degree in advertising from Wayne State University. A lot of my work over the past few years have been heavily focused on curating, art/artists management, and event planning. I’ve shown art in a few places on the east coast with the next exhibition being in Copperstown, New York and I’ve spoken on a few panels about really letting yourself shine through in your work since most of mine is a representation of my emotional journey in connection with the world around me.

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

As a digital artist, at first, NFTs seemed like a great idea, but as time went on it just seemed like another money grab. Of course I’ve run into some amazingly talented NFT artists. Although they were succeeding, it still seemed like an “exclusive and futuristic” way to trade art when the whole point of creating was never to make money, it was a way of expression and I think making things digital “get rich quick schemes” sucks the realness out of the art.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Giving people a new perspective and watching art lovers fall in love with a new style.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Instagram.com/DaeJona.png
• Facebook: Facebook.com/daejonapng
• Linkedin: LinkedIn.com/dgordo

Image Credits
Models: Brianna Davis Wren Weaver