Dave Jordano
Dave Jordano (born 9 May 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American documentary, commercial and fine art photographer who lives and works in Chicago, IL.[1][2]
Life and work
Jordano was born in 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the College for Creative Studies and received a BFA in photography in 1974. Shortly after Jordano moved to Chicago, and in 1977 he started a commercial photography business in Chicago. As a commercial photographer Jordano worked with Crate & Barrel, Starbucks, Nestle, Sears, McDonald's, General Mills, Kraft, Kitchen Aid, Oscar Mayer, and Kellogg's.[3]
Jordano has been producing fine art photography since 2001, when he began work on Chicago Bridge Project,[4] photographs of bridges and other industrial structures in and around Chicago.
From 2002-2003 Jordano turned his focus to the landscape and inhabitants of Marktown neighborhood in East Chicago, Indiana.[5]
Between 2003–2007 Jordano completed his Articles of Faith project, photographs of small African-American storefront churches on the south and west sides of Chicago.[6]
Jordano's next project was Prairieland, in which he explored the rural landscape of Illinois and its inhabitants.[7]
Publications
- Assembled works. Paper Mirror, 2003. ISBN 978-0970727831.
- Articles of Faith: African-American Community Churches in Chicago (Center Books on Chicago and Environs). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1930066977.
- Detroit: Unbroken Down. Brooklyn, NY: PowerHouse, 2015. ISBN 978-1576877791. Text by Nancy Watson Barr, Dawoud Bey and Sharon Zukin.
Exhibitions
- 2008: Marktown, city gallery of Chicago in the Chicago Water Tower, Chicago, OH.[8]
- 2009: Articles of Faith, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, OH, 4 April - 28 June 2009.[9]
- 2015: Detroit-Unbroken Down, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, 1–31 October 2015. Part of Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography.[10]
Collections
Jordano's work is held in the following collections:
- Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, OH.[11][12]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA.[citation needed]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Houston, TX.[citation needed]
- Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, OH.[citation needed]
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.[citation needed]
References
- ^ http://petapixel.com/2014/01/18/interview-photographer-dave-jordano-detroit-unbroken/
- ^ https://www.lensculture.com/articles/dave-jordano-detroit-unbroken-down
- ^ [1] Biography
- ^ [2] Chicago Bridge Project
- ^ [3] Marktown
- ^ [4] Articles of Faith
- ^ [5] Prairieland
- ^ [6] Jordano's CV
- ^ [7] Chicago Cultural Center
- ^ "Third Floor Gallery". Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography. Ffotogallery. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ [8] Museum of Contemporary Photography
- ^ [9] Biography
External links
- Official website
- Photographs of Small African American Churches in Chicago
- Dave Jordano: Detroit: Unbroken Down
- Dave Jordano Shows Off the Real Face of Detroit
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