by Danny | May 2, 2007 | Bottle Dreams, Photo Lucida
I have been combing through my notes from Photo Lucida today – in particularly googling several artists who were recommended to me by Leslie Brown at the Photographic Resource Center in Boston. I started with Robert Hirsh whose installation World in a Jar: War and...
by Danny | Apr 24, 2007 | Creative Process, Sanctuary
While working away on the computer the other day, I heard a strange popping noise and looked out my window to see flames licking the sky. Jesse, a local volunteer fireman, had ignited the neighborhood burn pile. A little voice inside me said – get your camera. So I...
by Danny | Apr 20, 2007 | books, Dora Maar, history of photography
While in Portland last week, I had the extreme pleasure of visiting Powells Books – an enormous labyrinth of books, featuring used and new books side by side on miles of shelving. The photography section alone is the size of a large living room. I spent two...
by Danny | Apr 19, 2007 | business of art, Evocations, Photo Lucida, Sanctuary
I just spent five days in Portland at a portfolio review event called Photo Lucida. Every other year, more than 100 photographers and 60 photo-professionals (curators, gallerists, publishers, etc.) gather at the Benson Hotel to network and dialogue. Over the course of...
by Danny | Apr 12, 2007 | contemporary photography, quotes, Sanctuary
“What I am looking for are sites that evoke a feeling of inner peacefulness, some quality of contemplation. I don’t always get it, and I don’t always translate it, but I certainly know when the feeling comes over me and that’s what keeps me going.” -Lynn Davis, New...
