Daniel Rampulla

Photographer + Visual Artist

Daniel Rampulla is a Brooklyn-based photographer and visual artist, born in San Francisco, California. He studied photography and film at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he took classes with George Kuchar, Henry Wessel, and Keith Bodee—formative influences that shaped his observational, emotionally attuned approach. He later earned a Master’s degree in Art Education from New York University.

Working fluidly across color and black-and-white photography, Rampulla creates intimate images that sit between portraiture and landscape. His work explores queer identity, domestic space, memory, and the quiet tension between interior and exterior worlds. Rooted in close observation and emotional sensitivity, his photographs function as subtle records of lived experience—made to hold the present while gently reimagining the past.

Independent personal work has always remained central to Rampulla’s practice. Alongside commissioned projects, he has consistently produced films and photographs driven by curiosity and connection, often collaborating organically with friends and longtime creative partners such as Cole Escola and John Early. His entry into fashion began in 2018 when he was selected as a finalist in JW Anderson’s Your Picture / Our Future contest, leading to a subsequent campaign and zine for the brand.

Rampulla’s work has appeared in Gay Letter—including a cover featuring Jonathan Anderson—and Interview Magazine, and has been exhibited at Chart Gallery in New York, Kapp Kapp Gallery in Philadelphia, and David Peter Francis Gallery in New York. In 2024, his photographs were the subject of a dedicated exhibition at Saint Laurent Rive Droite spaces in Los Angeles and Paris, reflecting his growing presence across contemporary art, fashion, and culture.