Dan Florin
Photography
Artist Bio/Statement
Dan Florin was raised in the Northern New York region and currently lives in Peekskill, N.Y. His work includes both analog and digital photography whose themes range from conceptual to documentary.
Dan holds a BFA in Photography from SUNY at New Paltz and a MSED in Reading from CUNY at Herbert H. Lehman College in the Bronx. He worked as a black and white reproduction printer and small product photographer in New York City before beginning his career in education. Dan has worked as an adjunct professor, and is currently a 4th grade teacher and unionist in Yonkers, N.Y.
"I use photography to explore the themes and imagery that I find visually appealing and intellectually stimulating. My work is varied in content and dependent on my passions and interests at any given time. Whether my themes are visual, conceptual, or documentary, I begin each project with a clear goal which I execute with fidelity until a portfolio of images is complete. This process may take months or years to reach completion. However, notwithstanding the time frame, the success of my work - whether images of NYC commuters or shadows cast upon a boulder - relies on a degree of anticipated chance and careful composition."
Recent Exhibitions
Peekskill Arts Alliance/The Field Library Gallery - 4 Nelson Ave, Peekskill, NY 10056 Group Exhibition “Creativity in 2023” December 2023
Center for Fine Art Photography 321 Maple Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 Juried Group Exhibition (Jurors Hamidah Gasgow and Charles Guice) "Center Forward 2023 Show" September 2023
PAA at Hendrick Hudson Library Gallery 185 Kings Ferry Rd, Montrose, NY Juried Member Show September 2023
The Field Gallery - Solo Exhibition of 24 photographs "The County Fair" 4 Nelson Ave, Peekskill, NY 10056 June -July 2023
2023 Peekskill Arts Alliance's Open Studios "Off the Beaten Track" Film Exhibit at SUNY Westchester Community College Three videos accepted: "Delhi Milkweed From Spring to Autumn;" "Late Winter Walk;" and "Sunken Mine Road First Snow; 22 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10056 Group Exhibition June 2023
Garrison Art Center - 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY 10524
Group Exhibition "Members' Show" January 2023
The Chateau Gallery - 1230 S 3rd Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40203 Group Exhibition Juried Show “Urban and Street” December 2022
Peekskill Arts Alliance/The Field Library Gallery - 4 Nelson Ave, Peekskill, NY 10056 Group Exhibition “New in 22” December 2022
2022 Peekskill Arts Alliance's Open Studios "Off the Beaten Track" Arts Exhibit at SUNY Westchester Community College – 22 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10056 Group Exhibition “Off the Beaten Path” June 2022
The Chateau Gallery - 1230 S 3rd Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40203 Group Exhibition Juried Show “The Art of Street Photography” February 2022
Soho Photo Gallery - 15 White Street, New York, NY 10013
Group Exhibition Juried Show “International Photography Exhibition 2020” June 2020
Garrison Art Center - 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY 10524
Group Exhibition Juried Show “Small Works” December 2016
Gallery 22 – 22 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10056
Group Exhibition Juried Show (3 Works Selected) “To the Lover of Small Things” December 2015
Work in Private Collections
Paul McKenzie and Cynthia Mathers - San Francisco, CA
Michael and Hillary Katzman - Verplanck, NY
Mitchell and Elizabeth VanDeVeer - Croton-on-the-Hudson, NY