Today we’d like to introduce you to Vivi Lopez.
Hi Vivi, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
I was born and raised in California when I was a child, I always expressed myself in different ways. I always drew things that I saw in my head. Like visions of what I could do or create, it didn’t just stop there cause I used to “borrow” my mom’s film camera or video camera and took photos and videos, to even making a whole storyline with my dolls and sometimes “borrow” my brothers’ action figures haha. I even wrote poetry and storys. I also used to draw up fashion clothing line and design outfits upon outfits. It was just very apparent to me and my mom, my grandma that my life had to have some sort of creativity in it for me to express myself. It’s funny because even though I took photos and all. I never thought of being the one to take photos or creating for anyone. If anything, I was the person being taken photos of, I used to model/act but due to personal reasons, I parted ways with it. I got close with my spirituality and energy, tarot cards, etc. but of course, I was taking concert photos at that time. Because I grew up in my music scene and loved the music and I recall taking photos of a band and they just loved the way I took the photo, you know it made me feel happy that I made someone feel good about themselves and just the light in their eyes shook me. They asked if I could take photos of them again, and I did, they loved what I saw and how I captured it like I was a natural to them (when really, I just listen to the music and tried my best to capture photos, to match the energy, their emotions, and personality in those photos.) If I’m being honest, I couldn’t understand what they were seeing til I really had conversation with them they just told me “You just see me, the me I want to be. that’s all I ever want.” That stuck with me for long time. It’s one reason I’m still taking photos of concerts and why I attempted portrait, lifestyle, and other forms of photography/visual art. I just want to capture the energy I feel and see. show them how amazing they are or what we created together. I use what I already had at young age, the passion to create and to push boundaries of what’s possible. To capture the unapologetically, fun and artistic, real moments from people so they can look back and feel the energy in that photo
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
In life, you will face moments of duality you are going to run into those bumps in the roads and have times of feeling burned out because of the high demands from yourself or even from others, or even times where you mentally can’t because you need to take care of yourself and do a little self-care time or even having to cut some people away from your life. For me, I take those moment as a pause and reflect, rest type of times. Life isn’t easy. I know that I will run across situations where it will become an obstacle to reach my goals. So, I keep working hard and keep pushing. no matter the problems I get faced with because my grandma used to say in Spanish but ill translate it for you “with every storm, there is always beautiful rainbow at the end of it” and things will get better, and it does. I always remember what I do have, that’s my family, best friends, and friends that I am surrounded with and their support and love. I always try to look at the bright side of everything. It’s just how I always been like.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I specialize in all forms of art, be it photography, drawing poetry, or music, the list is limitless, I am in school to be either an art director or creative director. I love to be able to express myself through art in any way shape or form as I mentioned above. For me I felt expressing myself was always through art and creativity spoke the loudest than I could ever say in a way. Most visuals come through dreams and visions, doodling, and even witnessing, feeling. I feel and think like when I don’t understand something I try my best to draw it or write it or capture it in a way.
I question my words and emotions, and all. I feel like when doing this it’s therapeutic and just freeing. I don’t see the person. I see their energy and use my art or visual elements as an artist to convey it to what they don’t see. I convey their energy into images and art. I want them to see themselves and that’s my goal always, I want them to feel amazing and love their photos as pieces of them to grow to love themselves a bit more, healing them in some way. Concert photography started that all for me, it’s like songs in photographs for me. It’s capturing their energy when they sing or play something. It’s just completely lucid and out of touch of reality in a way. around individuals who gone through what an artist is singing etc., it’s like a singularly heartbeat. It’s like that in every photograph for me. Shows like that are so lucid and just very emotional to concertgoers and even the band or singers and it doesn’t stop at concerts. It’s like that at every photoshoot or event, moment for me. It’s like a connection between me and the muse forming a bond in those seconds of me taking their photograph, it’s beautiful and powerful as a unity.
Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
That I am practicing eclectic witch. ahh run for the hills! Just kidding haha, it does in fact play part in my creativity and work with creative and visual elements haha, no not the ones you see in Hollywood movies or shows that try to capture what a witch is but still don’t understand what a witch is. For me, I feel like a witch is just a Woman In Total Control of Herself or an embodiment of her truth in all its power. I am totally quoting from a song, but it resonates with the lifestyle and meaning of being one. I don’t hide that part of me, but I don’t go around telling everyone, but really people tend to figure it out because I post my tarot readings when I’m getting roasted by them and I mean when you see me in person. If I’m being honest most concepts or ideas come from times of reflecting on my emotions or situations I been in or going through or active mediating or even lucid dreaming, visions of concepts I see in my head, etc. hints the name Digital Witch Photography.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: digiwitchvivi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnterDigitalWitchsWorld/
Image Credits
Mel Torres
