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Artist Statement I am a child and a product of the Sixties who has had the good fortune of a successful career as a creative professional and artist. My work is influenced by the music, message and events of that generation: I make photographs that attempt spiritual depth and meaning, challenging an age of scientific materialism, nihilism and spiritual bankruptcy. I make photographs as a quest for authenticity and a plea for the rediscovery of connection. I make photographs in pursuit of love and the Divine Source of Love. As an artist and as a man I make this statement: Love is the answer.
Bio His career spans a forty-year journey as TV cameraman, photographer, producer/director, creative director and interactive media innovator. He has self-published three bespoke, handmade photo books in limited editions: The Balkan Dispatches BULTOS: a Return to the Panama Hat Trail Petit Briefs: Azerbaijan/Bulgaria/Serbia/Poland He uses photography and the written word to create an ethnographic depiction of cultures and societal characteristics. These travels enable an immersion with people that may be overlooked, forgotten, misrepresented or marginalized as a result of their economic status, cultural beliefs, ethnicity, race or gender. The texts and images are separate creative enterprises allowing a more three-dimensional understanding of the subject rather than a visual storyboard to a narrative. The words are not captions to the pictures. Mr. Dantona’s photography is a part of the permanent collection of The Tennessee State Museum and various corporate and private collections. His photographs have been exhibited regularly throughout the US and internationally. Born in New York City, he has studied Theater, Film and Communication at Emerson College, Suffolk University, SUNY and NYU School of the Arts.
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