Cristina Mittermeier

I will be sure to support your projects as well!!!

I want to thank you all for being part of my journey and for these awesome questions. I hope my answers are useful. Feel free to DM me any time on Instagram and if you feel like supporting my book project and the community around HOPE, go to this link.

At the end of the day, I am really proud to know so many photographers out there are doing conservation photography, becoming part of an army of storytellers for our planet.

Being good at photography is easier than doing meaningful photography; creating actual change is super hard and cannot be achieved alone. It requires an ability to build community, create relationships and work with others.

Almost from the beginning. I recognized that photography, for photography's sake, was not going to be enough for me. I did not know it was going to become a lifelong pursuit and such an important part of my life but it truly has grounded my work and my reason for living.

Don't be afraid of your own fear...use it to elevate your art!

The only thing that would scare me would be to have a boring death OR a life lived without purpose or meaning. being afraid is a good thing,...it pushes us to pay attention, to be present, to recognize how small and vulnerable we are. it teaches us humility and mindfulness.

I have made peace with the idea, that at almost 60, I am entering the last part of my life, and if I die in my work, I would be okay with that. I have had such a full life and I am so lucky to have a career that gives me so much.

As to fear, I absolutely feel scared sometimes. Entering the ocean in remote places, where the currents are big, there is no support around, and diving in places that have never been explored before can be really frightening.

What a great question. Yes! I was honored by Galeria D'Italia with a solo exhibition in their new museum in Torino. I feel like this is an important space for photography as it is dedicated to elevating photography as an art form. I hope many other photographers will be able to show their work there!!

Absolutely! I have mentored many people and finally realized I will never have enough time, SO instead, I recorded almost 50 lessons with Masters of Photography with everything I know. I hope it is a good replacement for mentorship.

You need to practice until your fingers speak the language of the camera, without you having to think about it. only then will your creative mind be free to start doing something artistic. I promise that the struggle will go away with practice!

if you are going to be a photographer you need to get used to failing because it is 99% of what we do. It is difficult to get really good images, and it is a true achievement to get remarkable images.

Once you learn the basics and start practicing, you can start adding "tricks" to your toolkit. It is all in my Masters of Photography. lots of people get discouraged by failure......

Hahaha, I am still working on it! No, seriously, this is the easiest part. It took me a couple of years and a couple of massive failures to start paying more attention to how things work.