We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Darya Ramashka. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Darya below.

Darya, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

2023 was the year of leaving the comfort zone and a year of meaningful events and collaborations. One such project is the editorial “Polina” for MALVIE magazine. This work is significant for me since it was my first collaboration, independent of anyone, and therefore named after the model, the first photo shoot created after six months of downtime. I found out that it might be scary to reach out to people at first but now I am past that fear and beating your fears can be an uprising. The next such project was “Floral” since there was already a team of talented people involved and a step-by-step preparation process, we also had our obstacles during this shooting (we did not have the necessary background, and faced some technical issues), but we coped with all the difficulties. I’ve learned a lot during that photo shoot.
I want to add a few words about the third project, which we did this year in the summer during the hot season in the desert, in which the car almost got stuck in a desert with zero reception and nothing miles around, but the results we got paid for all the work several times over.
There are a lot of projects I’m proud of, but what am I all about? Nothing would have happened if I had continued to be afraid. The truth is fear is still there, but I am trying to embrace it.

Darya, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Darya, but I am also known as rainboowseekers, was born and raised in Minsk, Belarus. I love documentary photography and portraits. I My interest in it was sparked when I discovered an old digital camera at home, which I used to shoot for another 2 years. My second camera was a Sony 2008, all the worst photos were taken with it and it became my guide in the world of creativity. For me, photography is about the person who is captured in the frame; he or she already tells me a story with their appearance, style of clothing, posing and environment around them. In general, the internal kitchen of any creative project is absolutely captivating. Now I am proud of my work and continue to invest resources in my training in order to grow further and create more technically complex portfolio.
I have my heroes I get my inspiration from and hope to capture more people with my lens in the future.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

Some people think that my job is just to press the camera button, which is not entirely true. Yes, I do press one button to take a photo, but before that, I work on creating a mood board that shows the style of the future concept, looking for a model, a makeup artist, and sometimes a stylist for the future project. It is important to take into account all the details because this is what makes your work look good in the end. Even the shooting time affects the result since you are working with a moving light source, which means the result may not always be predictable. The more preparation that is done before the shooting itself, the higher the likelihood that what you have in mind will be accomplished.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

Let people cook, I’d love to see more work from local artists around, it would be cool if restaurants and bars in Los Angeles could host canvases or prints for example in their spaces. I sincerely want art to be supported at the state level and grants to be allocated for beautifying streets; we have so many sculptors, muralists, musicians, and actors and many streets that need a little love and beauty. Give opportunities to people to share their craft! I’d love to see the community to learn not only to estimate how much something can cost but to learn to appreciate the art around us. After all, we all live together, so why not make our home a place of strength and compassion?

Contact Info:

• Website: https://rainboowseekers.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rainboowseekers/