by Danny | Apr 8, 2007 | Creative Process, fishing
1. Because you have to enjoy the process of it. It’s called fishing, not catching. 2. Both art and fishing require a combination of skill and luck. You put yourself in the right place, at the right time with the right equipment. You look for signs. You read the water...
by Danny | Apr 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
I have been on vacation at a wonderful spot in Mexico. There was time to sleep late, walk miles on a virtually empty beach, linger at the palapa fish restaurant, read a novel or two, and cast our lines in the warm water and search for fish. There was also the luxury...
by Danny | Mar 22, 2007 | business of art, Mapping the Body
I spent two grey and rainy days this week holed up in my office, doing accounting for my taxes. I had been dreading this task and wanted to pass it over to someone like this tax accountant NYC or similar tax services, so I put it off until this Monday. Surprisingly,...
by Danny | Mar 19, 2007 | artist books, business of art, Charles Hobson
Earlier this week I attended a party in honor of my father’s archive being acquired by Stanford University. It is a true cause for celebration – the knowledge that one’s work has a long-term home where it will be catalogued and cared for into posterity. For over...
by Danny | Mar 11, 2007 | digital printing, history of photography, Man Ray, Mapping the Body, PhotoAlliance, Surrealism
Earlier this week, I spent an afternoon at the home/studio of Michael Creedon. Tucked within the redwood trees of Marin County, his studio boasts an Epson 9800 printer and an affectionate cat named Checkers. Together he and I proofed an edition of archival pigment...