{"id":15,"date":"2022-08-10T00:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T00:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/2022-8-9-meet-cristiana-damiano-nature-first-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T21:34:13","slug":"meet-cristiana-damiano-nature-first-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/en\/news-items\/2022\/08\/10\/meet-cristiana-damiano-nature-first-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Cristiana Damiano &#8211; Nature First Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15\" class=\"elementor elementor-15\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3145ce8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3145ce8a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>August 10, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b05206 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b05206\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1752de4\" data-id=\"1752de4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55c47d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a55c47d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristianaDamiano.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-698\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristianaDamiano.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristianaDamiano-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChristianaDamiano-12x12.jpeg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-600e27f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"600e27f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cristianadamiano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cristianadamiano.com<\/a>\n<br>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cristiana_damiano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@cristiana_damiano<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-148dff2\" data-id=\"148dff2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-794f49b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"794f49b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cristiana is a nature and landscape photographer based in northeast Italy. Cristiana approaches photography in 2010, but her passion for nature has always existed since she was a child. She likes to show people what everyone can find just &#8220;around the corner,&#8221; and that too often goes unnoticed, hoping to be able to sensitize people towards respecting the environment through her photos.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c75ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64c75ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All her pictures are made respecting the subject and its environment, a &#8220;conditio sine qua non&#8221; for her vision of nature photography, where she puts ethics first, then shooting.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1666241162545_656\" class=\"\"><strong id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1666241162545_655\">How old were you when you first discovered your love of nature? What prompted this?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">For as long as I have had memories as a child, I can say that I\u00a0 have always loved nature. Thanks to my grandparents, I learned respect for all creatures, even the smallest and most common.<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>How long have you been a photographer? What got you interested in photography?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">I started photographing in 2010, my subjects were initially landscapes, but I immediately started photographing even flora and the smallest fauna.<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>What led you to become active in Nature First?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">I have always had a great sensitivity for nature, in general, and I have always thought that all nature photographers must put ethics first and then do photography, I also share all the other principles even before knowing NF. I&#8217;ve always tried to convey this respect for nature to everyone else, so Nature First&#8217;s mission has always been mine too.<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>What kind of behavior distresses you the most? Do you have an example of this? How would you tie this into the Nature First principles?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">The lack of respect for nature distress me, especially towards flowers or insects, precisely because they are smaller. So I try to explain to the people I meet that you can also get good images while maintaining total respect for our subject: there will be more difficulties but also more satisfaction. It is very important to &#8220;Prioritize the well-being of nature over photography,&#8221; and I think it is equally important to \u201cEducate yourself about the places you photograph\u201d, not only about places but about species in general.<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>If you had a magic wand that teleported you anywhere, where would you be taking pictures now? Why there?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">In any place far away from tourism and crowds, be it Iceland in all those areas far from tourism, where you can find the land that regenerates, and you can feel the power of wild nature .. or in a forest somewhere else, the important thing is being in deep contact with nature.<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>If we were to have a bite to eat together, what would we be likely to talk about besides photography and Nature First?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">I think we could talk about experiences and stories made while traveling, or about cats and how incredible they are!<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1666241162545_662\" class=\"\"><strong>A picture you would like to share with us that has a history related to our principles, with a short text describing it.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f29a9b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f29a9b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ladys27slipper_Cristiana_Damiano.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1288\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ladys27slipper_Cristiana_Damiano.jpg 960w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ladys27slipper_Cristiana_Damiano-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ladys27slipper_Cristiana_Damiano-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ladys27slipper_Cristiana_Damiano-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Lady\u2019s Slipper \u00a9 Cristiana Damiano 2022. All Rights Reserved.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3103ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3103ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Lady&#8217;s slipper is a rare and absolutely protected orchid, unfortunately it is threatened. Every year many photographers go to portray her beauty: our commitment to explain how careful you need to be is therefore fundamental. It is very important, following the principles of NF, to be careful in sharing the place where it grows, to keep at least some stations intact. It is a flower that deserves all our protection, as are all the others, even the common and not threatened ones.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cristiana is a nature and landscape photographer based in northeast Italy. Cristiana approaches photography in 2010, but her passion for nature has always existed since she was a child. 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