medial 3. art biennial [2016]
Dan McCormack. usa

  

              

1.Anna_G_8-31-13--10AC, 2013 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H22.84in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   2.Bridget_L_5-12-15--05AD, 2015 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H22.51in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   3.Caitlin_F_4-26-15--11AB, 2015 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H22.75in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   4.Helen_W_03-04-16--07AB, 2016 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H19.28in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   5.Lana_H_8-11-14--06AD, 2014 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H20.69in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   6.Maris_C_7-07-15--11AB, 2015 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H20.17in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   7.Nadine_L_10-23-15--13AB, 2015 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H18.67in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   8.Nava_S_7-16-15--12AC, 2015 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H20.02in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   9.Robbie_J_6-27-15--08AC, 2015 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H21.39in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.   10.Tricia_P-01-10-16--13AB, 2016 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H17.67in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.  11.Vera_J_03-11-16--01AB, 2016 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H16.83in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00.  12.Zoe_W_01-07-16--01AC, 2016 Pinhole Camera-Archival Pigment Print H19.15in x W20.00 in., US$ 1,500.00
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The Nude at Home
I use the extreme wide angle distortions of the round oatmeal box pinhole camera and the subtle colorization to create a series of visceral images. Through successive pulling of curves in Photoshop, B&W values are replaced with subtle color. The “Nude at Home” is a subset of a larger pinhole camera project begun in 1998. In this series, begun about seven years ago, I photograph the model nude in her home, apartment or studio. With the model in her space, all the objects in the image are a part of the life of the model. Then the pose, the furniture and the long, two minute exposures, I attempt to reveal an intimate portrait of the subject.

I studied Photography from 1962-67 at the Institute of Design earning a BS in Photography and at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1967-70 I earned an MFA in Photography. I began photographing the nude with Wendy, later my wife, while in graduate school. Then for over forty years I explored various techniques and processes while photographing the nude as a central theme. In 1982, I won a NYSCA-CAPS Photography Fellowship with a series of nude images of Wendy and I produced a monograph, "BODY LIGHT-Passages in a Relationship". In 1998 I began to work with pinhole photography. In 2009, I won the Ultimate Eye Foundation’s grant for Figurative Photography and had my work featured in an exhibition at the Peninsula Museum of Art in Belmont, CA. In January 2010, I had a solo show at the Photography Center in Troy, NY. I showed over fifty images from ten diverse series made from 1990 to 2010. In May 2010, I had a solo show at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.in May 2013. In January, 2016, I had a solo show of the Nude at Home series at the Beacon Artists Union and I will be showing the newest work in this series at the Arts Upstairs Gallery in Phoenicia in June 2016. I currently head the film Photography program at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.