Hi, I’m Duygu Rabeya Atacan Daniels. I was born in Ankara (1986) and grew up moving between Istanbul, Yalova, Chicago, New York, New Jersey, California and now Austin, Texas—never in one town long enough to call home. I taught myself how to code and began building websites at age ten, eventually switching to designing mobile apps with the introduction of the iPhone. I specialize in early stage consumer startups as a Founding Designer.

I started photography with a Kodak DC290, Canon AE-1 and Holga and studied the business of fashion in college. I paused my education to launch my first venture in 2006. I’m a Master of Divinity dropout and a Shadhili Sufi studying under various theologians for over fifteen years, with a particular interest in the history of corruption in religion, finding a grounded “middle path” and mastering emotional processing and release.

After failing to create the next social network, I deleted my socials and went back to oldschool blogging where I share photos more casually as I work on two book projects. Thanks for visiting, hope you check back and I’d love to hear from you.