Daniela Cardenas
Cisneros is a self taught American photographer born in South Carolina to Mexican immigrant parents. Her family later relocated to Indianapolis, IN and that is where her photography career started. She first became interested in photography when she took a class back in high school due to seeing photography as an instant form of artwork. Daniela Cardenas - Cisneros is inspired by her Mexican American heritage and photographers such as Graciela Iturbide, Joyce Tenneson and Linda McCartney. She currently works out of her home where she edits and frames her work and one day hopes to join a photo studio. She is currently an art student at Ivy Tech community college and plans to later on attend the Herron School of Art to obtain a Bachelors in Art History and a minor in photography. Her first art shows were at her school where her photography was awarded honorable mention in both shows she participated in; besides being an art student Daniela Cardenas - Cisneros is also an Art museum employee. It is at her museum job that she works to bring art to her local community and this job is where she was given the opportunity to display her work in the staff art show making it her third and current art show.
