Caponigro, McClelland, Orwig Agree – You Can Learn to Be More Creative

Chris Orwig, Deke McClelland and I talk about the artist’s life. We all agree. Creativity can be taught. We can all learn to be more creative. Listen to the conversation here. Learn to be more creative with my free Lessons. Learn to be more creative...

Smithsonian Features My Process Sketches They've Collected

The National Museum of American History’s Blog features preliminary sketches, both physical and digital, that detail my creative process while developing images for my series Correspondence. Line drawings, pastels, and digital sketches were all used to explore possibilities before committing to the final composited results....

Dano’s Glossary of Fine Art Related Terms

Thought you knew what a hickey was? Never knew paper had a tooth? Had no idea it out gasses? Learn these terms and you’ll not only be able to speak more knowledgeably about printing, you’ll also know what to look for in prints and how...

Condensation – How Looking Inward Illuminates The Outside

Enjoy the text from my book Condensation. . Condensation . Light . All photographs are about light. The great majority of photographs record light as a way of describing objects in space. A few photographs are more about spaces they represent than the objects within...

You're Invited ! – Annual Open Studio Exhibit – 7/31-8/1

You’re invited! Come visit my annual open studio event July 31 – August 1 from 10-5. Gallery talks are at 2. It’s been one of my most prolific years to date. Producing more than one hundred new images, four bodies of work, in progress for...

James Nachtwey – Searing Photos of War

Learn more about James Nachtwey here. Read our conversation here.

John Sexton

Find out more about John Sexton here. Read more of John Sexton’s thought in our interview here.

Chris Jordan Pictures Shocking Stats

Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics — like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

Books With Topical Themes Enjoy Wider Appeal

One of the ways you can create a book that has wider appeal is to give it a topical focus. Books on well-known subjects (people, places, things, events, etc) have a built in audience – anyone interested in the subject. Comparatively few people know about and...

Use Text To Enhance Your Photo Book

Photography books are often greatly enhanced when text is included. There are many types of text that can complement your images. Here are a few classic examples. – facts about a subject – history of a subject – placing the images in an art historical...