It reminded me that in 2012 I stumbled across this installation at the Serpentine Gallery in London, wrote my own wish and spent some time reading what others wished. 

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Some people wished for universal things like love and world peace...

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Some people wanted to roll back time...

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Others has wishes for themselves 

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Many wished were from visitors from other countries (let me know if you know what these say)...

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But most were little notes expressing whatever people were feeling in that moment...

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And my favorite one was this one...

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Who wouldn't wish for more of that. 

If you get down to the Guggenheim this weekend please send me a picture of some wishes, I'd love to see them.

Even if you don't get down there feel free to let me know on my photography facebook page  WHAT IS YOUR WISH? 

Today I wish for wisdom, unity, peace, inclusion, diversity, kindness, the ability to use my passion and talents to do good for others and above all LOVE. 

Stay Inspired, 

DeAngela 

I had the pleasure of capturing Paula & Rick's family this summer in Central Park. Zander and Tyler were so full of energy, as is to be expected with young boys, and quickly forgot I was shooting them which made for some nice candids to go along with posed compositions. 

This is the second time I have shot this family. One of the true joys of photography for me is watching people change over time through my images. 

   Photo Credit: Mikiodo

I am beyond honored to have a featured article written about me and my creative work on Psychology Today online portal. Columnist and clinical psychologist, Michael Friedman, Ph.D. penned an article entitled, Thinking Visually with DeAngela Napier. A Creative Path to an Open Mind.

My interview with Dr. Mike took place after he viewed and enjoyed a recent music video I produced and edited for artists, Gary Lucas & Jann Klose.  

Below is an excerpt from of the article. The entire article can be seen at here. And the video for Nobody's talking can be seen here. 

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DeAngela Napier is a visual thinker. Napier, who works as a photographer, video producer and editor, thinks of her work as visual storytelling, in which she conveys concepts and events through images as compared to words. She told me, “When anyone mentions anything, an image comes to mind. I’m one of those people who learns best by visual things, explains by visual things.”

Napier gives an example of how she thinks about New York City.

“So if someone says, ‘What is New York to you?’ I wouldn’t think about a narrative,” Napier explained. “I would immediately think of a food cart and the smoke coming from the streets and the people. And I think it’s just an automatic thing where I wrap my head around images.”

Developmental psychologist Howard Gardner has suggested that intelligence is not a single, uni-dimensional concept. Rather, people have multiple forms of intelligence or competence, including verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical and visual-spatial. People who have high visual-spatial intelligence may demonstrate creativity in careers such as architecture and photography.

..... (CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE. 

Thinking Visually With DeAngela Napier

The last of my 4 days of shooting with actress/artist Jillian.

 Thanks for inspiring me Jill. 

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The last shot is Jill with her biggest fan!

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Shoot #3 with Actress/Comedian and creative Artist Jillian. Her style is as unique and beautiful as she is.

The location for this shoot was the Highline on the west end of Manhattan.  

She's not famous yet...but keep watching!

I couldn't help but take some shots of their amazing workspace as well. As soon as you walked in, you knew this work environment was different. Everyone seemed to be working hard but when they needed a break instead of standing around a water cooler, they had a coffee bar and a rooftop deck with amazing views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building to rejuvenate themselves. Folks were even taking meetings and conference calls as they walked around the rooftop garden. 

Not a bad way to spend your day at work. 

Jill is, among many other things a comedic actress who will be performing a three week run of her one woman show at the Fringe festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. We did a total of 4 shoots in a weeks time and as you can imagine, our shoots are lots of fun.

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I love all children, but sometimes you meet a child whose personality and presence just brings you joy. Robbie is such a child.  

I had the pleasure of spending the day with him and his mother at the Atlanta Aquarium and the hotel swimming pool. 

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DeAngela & Robbie

Jill is an actress, comedian and all around fantastic person. She allowed me to shoot her in various parts of New York City including this shoot in DUMBO, Brooklyn.   

Jill is not a model but you would never know it. She was so open to trying things, takes direction well and just lovely to be around. Thank you Jill for hanging out and creating some amazing images with me.

I present to you my new favorite model. I had the pleasure of doing a maternity shoot with her mother and father before she was born. If I'm lucky I'll be able to document her growth for years to come. 

BEFORE SHE WAS BORN 

AT 7 MONTHS

AT 17 MONTHS 

One of my favorite subjects to shoot are couples. Especially when they lose themselves in each other and I can capture the subtle moments of love.  This shoot was completed shortly before the birth of their first child. 

No truer statement can be said.  Freedom is not free and on this past memorial day I searched through my archive of photos and put together a little tribute to those how have served so that we an lead the lives we have.  I shot these images at three war memorials located in Washington DC.  They were the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War memorials. 

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