Dan Forzano
before we fly
Miyajima landing
waiting for star fall
Triton
a short trip on the water
passing under
road trip
on the edge of the past and present in Kannabechō
together
waiting on the sea
driving through the Central Valley at night
we found each other in the light
bloom
Unfamiliar People
other sources of light
the sky above the sea
other side of the sky
blue phase
Altair
a life in hand
Bio/Artist Statement
I approach my photography with a jazz sensibility. Projects start with a general idea or mood, but each shoot is an improvisation. The images are shaped by the moment and the subject itself. What I’m pursuing is essence, not a predefined image.
Since the mid 2000’s the images I create reside somewhere between the subjective, and shifting landscape of memory, and the surreal and quickly fading recollection of dreams upon waking. There is a constant search for the ungraspable. Familiar and unknown at the same time. A bit of mystery.
Viewers must bring their own interpretation to my images. Though the moments are true - unplanned, uncontrolled, and often intimate but I inject ambiguity by removing discernible focus — either literally, or through framing and composition. The viewer must draw their own conclusions.
The act of defocusing removes specificity with the intent to move towards universality — while still feeling somehow personal.
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