Joseph Dankowski
1932-2010
Photographer
Self-portrait
Joseph Dankowski's photographs are in some of the world's most important collections:
The Museum of Modern Art in New York
The Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Howard Stein collection (The Joy of Giving Foundation)
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art
and private collections
The Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Howard Stein collection (The Joy of Giving Foundation)
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art
and private collections
| Joseph Dankowski (September 2, 1932 - November 5, 2010) is best known for his 50 print portfolio "Manholes and Gutters" (1969-71, New York City). A resident of Shirley, ME, he was born in Camden, NJ on September 2, 1932 and began his artistic career as a painter and sculptor. After moving to New York City in 1958, he took up photography, working mostly in black and white. He was influenced by Eugène Atget, Harry Callahan, Robert Frank and Bruce Davidson. In 1971 he received one of the first National Endowment for the Arts grants to a photographer. He was recognized by fellow photographers as a master printer. He moved to Shirley, ME in 1974, where he continued to photograph in both black and white and color. His work in Maine focused on his portfolio "Fall in Black and White", a sequence of Ice and River photographs, portraits and photographs of the natural world.
"Just photograph what's there."
"Black you can walk into." "It's not the fucking lighthouse, it's the light on the lighthouse." "All we can do is practice." (John Coltrane) |
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