Fraenkel Gallery director Darius Himes is also a cofounder of nonprofit art book publisher Radius Books, and was founding editor of photo-eye Booklist, an international quarterly journal devoted to photography books. Okay, now that we have the official language and …
Believe: Stuart Isett
Stuart and I have a crossover of sorts when it comes to this little story. Who believed in you? Who believed in me? Aiming in the academic direction he changed course and landed in photography. His push came from a …
Print: Manifesto Magazine (Sold Out)
My first magazine. Small run, limited, edited and designed by your host. This publication taught me a lot about what was possible. You have to have the work, but once you make the images the power and control of publishing …
Print: On Approach x5 Release (Sold Out)
“On Approach” is my most successful book to date. Not that I spend ANY time promoting my books, but stay with me. This artifact is a rerelease of the book, five years after it was first produced. What you are …
Print: On Approach x5 Release Prints (Not for Sale)
My first ink on paper experiments. All based on my “On Approach” book. Can you say “compulsion?” Like Ray Finkle in Ace Ventura Pet Detective, I just can’t seem to let these images go. India ink on Paper 8×16 spreads
Print: The Unknown Soldier (Not for Sale)
This was my very first piece of promise. I have very little recollection of making this, other than I remember starting out wanting to sketch a bicycle. Somehow I got this and realized something important had just happened. I haven’t …
Print: Australia 72 (Not for Sale)
My first trip to Australia did something to my head. I found a love of spray paint and the openness and color of Western Australia. Combine this with the fact I own a half-frame camera and what you end up …
Print: The CMYK Book (Not for Sale)
This book was suggested by Garry Trinh in Sydney after seeing “The RGB Book.” “You gotta do it Dan,” he said using his Garry powers of mind control. It worked. Done. Designed, purchased, glued and shelved for future pondering thought. …
Print: The RGB Book (Not for Sale)
Book is based on a conversation I had with a photographer who was obsessed with color management, so much so he had entirely lost track of the idea of making an interesting book. Color isn’t difficult and it shouldn’t consume …
Print: The Puzzle Book (Not for Sale)
Book was designed as “anti” precious book. Started out as a reportage book but was then painted, cut and sealed and forms a puzzle. Kids love it. “That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.” Thank you. I appreciate that. …
Print: The Postcard Book (Not for Sale)
Book derived from overheard conversation between two young girls at a Japanese stationary shop. Everyone loves postcards, and yet we found a way to go so lazy we can’t even be bothered to send them any longer. Email is so …
Print: Saturation (Not for Sale)
Book derived from my feeling that social media success can spell doom for an image simply by saturating said image. Even things that go viral are forgotten within days in some cases. Book has a clear film 7×7 attached to …