My name is Daniel Baerwald

I was born and raised in Santiago de Chile. In the early 70's, as a teenager, my father gave me his old  Leica camera. Immediately I fell in love with photography, and soon enough I was developing my negatives and enlarging my photographs in our backyard's old warehouse, where my darkroom enlightened countless night hours. I was ready to start my life as a photographer, but strong family pressures forced me to change my career plans. Frustrated, I buried my illusions and sold the camera with the rest of the stuff.

After too many long years spent in the corporate world, in 2008 I decided to move to Israel, in search of  a more spiritual and meaningful life.

More than forty years went by since I sold my photography gear, until one day I woke up and realized  that I needed to rescue the dream that laid in the back of my heart: I decided to become the photographer I was meant to be. So, here I am doing it!

I am a "root-searcher". I always try to go deep in search of truth, meaning and balance, and photography is the language I am using (and learning every day) to express  it.

I love music - specially the rock of the 70's. I love to cook, and my friends say I have a good sense of humor.

Between 2016 and 2019, I have participated in five collective exhibitions in Jerusalem, New Jersey and Tel Aviv.                                                                                                                                                      




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