© 2011 Dan Smith. All rights reserved.
Durham, North Carolina based art photographer, Dan Smith seeks experienced models for a project combining social science research and fine art photography. Continue reading
© 2012 Dan Smith. All rights reserved.
Last night was incredibly clear (and cold), so I was inspired to dig out the TC-80N3 and play with some long exposure starlines. This image is the result of a 30 minute exposure. Tonight, I’ve set-up a 3 hour exposure. It should be done around midnight… Continue reading
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Although I rarely made photos using it, I mourned the passing of Kodachrome. Kodak’s bankruptcy has made me realize just how quickly I transitioned from practically 100% film to essentially 100% digital.I’ve got unopened rolls of T-MAX that are 6 years past their expiration date. :-/… Continue reading
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A sampling of the video interviews that comprise TwinLens: An Exploration of the Art Nude & Global Culture – a documentary film and photographic exhibition by photographer Dan Smith. Continue reading
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A video experiment with Kristen Surban.
Part of TwinLens: An Exploration of the Art Nude & Global Culture
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Have you been wondering what all this “TwinLens” stuff is?
It’s my attempt at mashing-up art and social science research to document and artistically explore the models’ motivations and cultural attitudes and to provide a primer on modern art theories as they pertain to the female art nude in photography.
© 2011 Dan Smith. All rights reserved.
I’ve finally gotten around to updating the portfolio system, dropping the useful, but clunky flash-based slideshow for a much more elegant and easy to update system called “Galleria.”
Above: Prolific alt-model Cam Damage during a recent TwinLens shoot… Continue reading
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Magnum Emergency Fund photographer, Sohrab Hura speaking at the John Hope Franklin Center, on Duke University’s campus in Durham, North Carolina.
Sohrab and I spent most of yesterday together, touring Duke’s Nasher Museum. Of the things we spoke about, the most striking was his notion that the worst thing that could have happened to his work, was him becoming known as a ‘Photographer,’ rather than just someone who happened… Continue reading
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Artistic nude portrait of Rebecca Lawrence, taken by Durham, NC-based art photographer Dan Smith. Continue reading
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I hope thePhotosmith.com is at least a little more snappy. I’ve moved the site from my own server to a shared hosting account on A Small Orange. I think I made all the database changes necessary, but if anything’s out of place, please feel free to let me know… Continue reading
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Marissa Katarina Bergman showing off the Magic in her big brown eyes… Continue reading
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…You’re the magic that holds the sky up, from the ground…
Collaborative abstraction with Marissa Katarina Bergman
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One of the things that’s always compelled me about the nude is the idea of the body as landscape, or, in this case, dunescape.
I was thrilled to be able to find a set-up that let me dial in a minimal DoF. It’s not quite the f/1.2 that I was really hoping for, but it’s close-enough for government work.
Front to back: Bunny, Kitty and Wendy