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Daniel Traub

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Daniel Traub
Born1971
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
EducationSarah Lawrence College
School of Visual Arts
Known forPhotography, Filmmaking
Websitedanieltraub.net

Daniel Traub (born 1971)[1] is a New York City-based photographer and filmmaker. Much of his work focuses on border regions and marginalized communities.

Traub's photographs have been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Catherine Edelman Gallery[2] in Chicago, Slought Foundation in Philadelphia and the Lianzhou Photo Festival in China. His work can be found in public and private collections, such as the Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Traub's work has also appeared in publications including Aperture, European Photography and The New York Times Magazine.

Education

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Traub was born and grew up in Philadelphia, PA, the son of architect David S. Traub and artist Lily Yeh. He is also the nephew of photographer and educator Charles H. Traub.

Traub began photographing at age twelve exploring the streets of Philadelphia. He later studied photography formally with Joel Sternfeld at Sarah Lawrence College as well as film production and film history with Abigail Child and Gilberto Perez respectively. He received his MFA from the MFA Photo, Video and Related Media department of the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he studied with Raghubir Singh, Max Kozloff and others.

Photography

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Traub lived in China from 1998 to 2007 where he was engaged with long-term photographic projects, including Simplified Characters, a series of street pictures that explore the vast changes at the beginning of the 21st century in Chinese cities, as well as the series Peripheries,[3] which looks at the landscape at the outskirts of several major Chinese cities. In 2007 he moved back to the United States and began a project looking at the city where he was born, Philadelphia. He also continued to travel extensively, including returning frequently to China where he worked on the longterm project from 2009 to 2014 Little North Road.

Daniel Traub has published two monographs with Kehrer Verlag: North Philadelphia (2014)[4] and Little North Road (2015).

North Philadelphia

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North Philadelphia is a photographic portrait of a neighborhood in prolonged crisis. The book presents a glimpse into an urban area that hovers between decay and possibility, and is emblematic of many such regions across the United States. Made between 2008-2013, North Philadelphia combines images of dilapidated homes, vacant lots, and street corners with portraits of the residents.[5][6][7][8]

Traub's North Philadelphia has inspired the film Night Comes On to play in Philadelphia.[9]

Little North Road

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Little North Road is a photographic collaboration that looks at a pedestrian bridge in the middle of Guangzhou.[10] The bridge serves as a symbolic gateway into China from Africa. At the heart of this project is a selection of images collected from two Chinese itinerant portrait photographers, Wu Yong Fu and Zeng Xian Fang. Equipped with digital cameras, they have made a living making portraits for Africans and other groups who wanted a memento of their time in China. Daniel Traub’s photographs on the bridge and immediate vicinity explore the broader dynamics of the area and provide a context through which to see these portraits.[11][12]

Filmmaking

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As a filmmaker, Traub has directed documentaries including the feature length Barefoot Artist[13] about Lily Yeh and her collaborative artworks in war-torn communities;[14] and Xu Bing: Phoenix, which highlights the condition of Chinese migrant labourers.[15][16] He has been the director of photography for numerous documentaries[17] and reports for networks and production companies including PBS, Arte and German Television ZDF where he worked extensively with senior correspondent Joachim Holtz.[18][19] In 2011, Daniel Traub founded the film production company Itinerant Pictures.[20] In 2019, he completed Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own, a feature-length documentary on the artist Ursula von Rydingsvard.[21][22]

Publications

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  • Chinescape. Zeng Han, Ed. Shenzhen, China 2010.[23] ISBN 9110328130.
  • North Philadelphia. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany 2014.[4] ISBN 978-3-86828-478-2. A monograph.
  • Little North Road. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany 2015.[24] ISBN 978-3-86828-629-8. A monograph.

Exhibitions

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Solo

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  • Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2007 (Two-person exhibition)[citation needed]
  • FotoFest, Houston, TX, 2008 (Two-person exhibition)[citation needed]
  • Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008[2]
  • Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2010[citation needed]
  • Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China, 2011[citation needed]
  • Bluesky Gallery, Portland, OR, 2012[25]
  • Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2015[26]
  • Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China, 2017/18[27]

Group

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Public collections

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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Daniel Traub at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art".
  2. ^ a b "Daniel Traub: City's Edge - Catherine Edelman Gallery".
  3. ^ Yvi Magazine, “City’s Edge,” July, 2007.
  4. ^ a b designallee. "KEHRERVERLAG · Program · Daniel Traub".
  5. ^ Hanna, Jason (16 January 2015). "Faces, places in North Philadelphia". CNN.
  6. ^ Moinopolis, Issue Two, Mannheim, Germany, 2013.
  7. ^ European Photography, “Lots,” Issue 89, 2011.
  8. ^ Private Magazine, “North Philadelphia,” Issue 51, 2010.
  9. ^ Thompson, Gary (August 2018). "'Night Comes On' director talks about shooting in Philly, and falling in love with the city". inquirer.com.
  10. ^ "ChinaFile Presents: Africa in China".
  11. ^ M - Le magazine du Monde, "Un Canton africain," January 2, 2016.
  12. ^ California Sunday Magazine, “The Bridge,” Daniel Traub, March 1, 2015.
  13. ^ "The Barefoot Artist".
  14. ^ "In 'Barefoot Artist,' Lily Yeh confronts painful past in her journey to heal communities through art". PBS. 5 December 2014.
  15. ^ "A Tale of Two Phoenixes". 3 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Xu Bing: Phoenix - Magic Lantern".
  17. ^ "Hollywood Beauty Salon". 29 July 2016 – via IMDb.
  18. ^ "China - Reise durchs Reich der Mitte - www.gat.st". 14 August 2012.
  19. ^ 3sat.online. "3sat TV-Programm Mittwoch, 4.3".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "INFO". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  21. ^ "Into Her Own — Itinerant Pictures". itinerantpictures.com.
  22. ^ Ursula vonRydingsvard (15 September 2015). "Ursula von Rydingsvard: Giardino della Marinaressa" – via YouTube.
  23. ^ "Chinescape: Contemporary Chinese Landscape Photography Exhibition - Asia Art Archive". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  24. ^ designallee. "KEHRERVERLAG · Program · Daniel Traub". Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  25. ^ com, brandon sorg - brandonsorg [at] gmail [dot]. "Daniel Traub - Blue Sky Gallery". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  26. ^ "Little North Road 小北路 - Programs – Slought". 12 December 2016.
  27. ^ "LIANZHOU FOTO FESTIVAL – Lianzhou, Province du Guangdong, Chine | Relations Media".
  28. ^ a b "New Show Views Chinese Culture Through Recontextualized Photos".
  29. ^ "Little North Road 小北路 - Exhibition – Ivorypress Madrid". 28 November 2016 – 14 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
  30. ^ "Here's looking at you - Exhibition - SCoP Shanghai Center of Photography". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  31. ^ "Daniel Traub at SCoP Shanghai Center of Photography on weixin".
  32. ^ "ARTIST - Guangzhou Image Triennial 2017". www.guangzhouimagetriennial.org.
  33. ^ "Weltkulturen Museum". Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  34. ^ "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Artists in New Grit: Art & Philly Now". philamuseum.org.
  35. ^ "Daniel Traub at The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse".
  36. ^ "Daniel Traub at the Portland Museum".
  37. ^ "Daniel Traub at The Philadelphia Museum of Art".
  38. ^ "The Photo Review - 2009 Competition Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  39. ^ "The 2016 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist". 2 October 2016.
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