{"id":65527,"date":"2025-04-23T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=65527"},"modified":"2025-05-04T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:25:47","slug":"daniel-sannwald-on-creating-digital-dreamscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/daniel-sannwald-on-creating-digital-dreamscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Director &#038; Photographer Daniel Sannwald On Creating Digital Dreamscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnvma309zrs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<style>\n#content .row {max-width:100%}\n#cover { \nbackground-color: white; position: relative; margin: 0 auto 30px auto;; text-align: center; \n}\n#covertitle, #covertitle h1, #content #covertitle h3 { font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif; }\n#covertitle { position: absolute; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-Bold\", sans-serif; bottom: 12%; width: 100%; font-size: 3.8rem; font-weight: 900; }\n#content h1 { font-size: 4vw; display: inherit; display: inline-block; text-align:center; }\n#content div.post h2 {margin: 20px 0; background: white; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; color: #333;}\n#content #covertitle h3 { \nfont-size: 8vw; line-height: 20vh;\ntext-transform: uppercase; \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif;}\n#introbox { border: 1px solid white; padding: 90px 30px !important; max-width: 850px; margin: auto !important; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center !important; }\n.introblurb, .introblurb p, .post div.introblurb p:first-child {\nfont-size: .7em; \nline-height: 1.6; \ntext-align:justify;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\npadding: .3em 1em;\n}\n#content div.introcredits, #content div.introcredits p {\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\nfont-size: .8em; \ntext-align: center;\n}\n.pic40 { margin: 0 10%;; text-align: center; }\n.videocontainer {max-width:600px; margin: auto;}\n.txtbox { \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\",sans-serif; \nline-height: 2;\nfont-weight: 400; \nwidth: 36%; \nborder: 0; \nmargin: auto; \npadding: 5%;\n}\n.introtxt, .introtxt p {text-align:justify;}\n.pullquote {\nfont-size:4vw;\nline-height: 1;\ntext-align:center;\nfont-style:italic;\nmax-width:900px;\nmargin:auto;\npadding:1em;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif;\n}\n.credits:empty {display:none;}\n.credits {\nfont-size: .75rem; \npadding: 2rem 0;; \nfont-weight: normal; \ntext-align: center; \nclear: both; \ntext-transform: uppercase; \nmax-width: 800px; \nmargin: auto; }\n#thumbsul { margin: 0 8%; }\n.text-left {text-transform: capitalize !important;}\n#thumbsul a, .text-left a {color: black;}\n#thumbsul a:hover, .text-left a:hover {color: #666;}\n.separ { border: 1px solid white; clear: both; padding: 60px; }\nem {color: #999;}\n<\/style>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/css\/sb\/index-sb@9e8baf1be17137f952c9eacc710f6bf0b29b9b08.css\" \/>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div class=\"introtxt\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Director &#038; Photographer Daniel Sannwald On Creating Digital Dreamscapes<\/h1>\n<p>Few image-makers traverse the boundary between high-tech fantasy and emotional realism quite like <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/daniel-sannwald\">Daniel Sannwald<\/a>. The German-born photographer and director has carved out a singular aesthetic defined by high-gloss surrealism, digital manipulation, and a visceral intimacy, shaped early by the rediscovery of his late father\u2019s archived artwork. A graduate of Antwerp\u2019s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Sannwald has built an expansive visual universe that spans avant-garde editorials for Dazed, i-D, and Pop Magazine, Grammy-winning album imagery for Rosal\u00eda, and era-defining collaborations with cultural disruptors like Arca, Travis Scott, and Beyonc\u00e9. For the artist unafraid to warp perception and redefine what can happen to an image, risk is more than a necessity\u2014it\u2019s the reward. In his latest film shot for Models.com, featuring a cast of visionary talents including <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/alejandra-ghersi\">Arca<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/kali-uchis\">Kali Uchis<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/alexandra-drewchin\">Eartheater<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/hung-la\">Hung La<\/a> of <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/luu-dan\">Lu&#8217;u Dan<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/isamaya-ffrench\">Isamaya Ffrench<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/pat-boguslawski\">Pat Boguslawski<\/a>, Sannwald\u2019s journey plays out as a hallucinatory meditation on transformation, intimacy, and influence. Speaking from his current home base in Mexico, he reflects with Models.com on finding his voice, forging friendships through collaboration, and the time he pitched crashing a magazine\u2019s homepage with a digital virus\u2014all in the name of art.<\/p>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\nEditor in Chief: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/stephan-moskovic\">Stephan Moskovic<\/a><br \/>\nEditorial Director and Interviewer: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix\">Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a><br \/>\nManaging Editor: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/sasha-grinblat\">Sasha Grinblat<\/a><br \/>\nDirector: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/daniel-sannwald\">Daniel Sannwald<\/a><br \/>\nDoP &#038; Color Grade: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/artofleon_\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Al\u00e1n Le\u00f3n<\/a><br \/>\nEdit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/westudio.film\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jos\u00e9 Reyes Cort\u00e9s<\/a><br \/>\nAnimation Storyboard: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kenshiro_caravaggio_carena\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenshiro Caravaggio Carena<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xtrapicanteultrabusiness\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicoletta Busto<\/a><br \/>\nCharacter design &#038; Layout: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kenshiro_caravaggio_carena\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenshiro Caravaggio Carena<\/a><br \/>\nCGI Artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melania__ziploc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Melgoza<\/a><br \/>\nKeyframes &#038; Animation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xtrapicanteultrabusiness\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicoletta Busto<\/a><br \/>\nSound Design: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/talpahh\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talpah<\/a><br \/>\nStylist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexpresley22\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Melo<\/a><br \/>\nBarber: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fernisblends\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernis Blends<\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xpan.earth\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;xpan ep1&#8221; xpan espacio p\u00fablico 1cdmx<\/a><br \/>\nSpecial Thanks: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/old_fashion_editorial\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@old_fashion_editorial<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/agency\/management-artists\">MA + Group<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/christopher-michael\">Christopher Michael<\/a> at Egos &#038; Icons\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director &#038; Photographer Daniel Sannwald On Creating Digital Dreamscapes Few image-makers traverse the boundary between high-tech fantasy and emotional realism quite like Daniel Sannwald. 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