Bio
Daniel Giordan (b. 1962, Jackson, Michigan) makes photographic work about decay—dried flowers, rotting fruit, organic forms at the point where structure gives way. He has exhibited nationally and internationally; work is held in private and public collections.
He is the author of fifteen books on art and design. Recipient of the Ellen Stoeckle Battell Fellowship from Yale University and the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for The Art of Photoshop (Macmillan). Lives and works in Chicago.
Artist Statement
I photograph what’s left when beauty starts to fail. Dried petals, rotting fruit, the surface worn thin by time. Most of the work is still life on black—Weston’s tradition, updated for what decay actually looks like. A separate series names each piece for someone I lost. The flower or the fruit is the portrait. The name is the person.
Contact
For editions and inquiries: info@danielgiordan.com