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Portraits that capture the hustle and bustle unique to the Big Apple.
THE ARTIST: Dan Ziskie is an American actor and photographer. His roles inlcude the character Frank Niggar on the popular comedyChappelle's Showand the Vice President on the first season of House of Cards. He lives in New York City
THE BOOK: Contemporary color photographs of people in public urban spaces i.e.midtown lunch hour, bus stop at rush hour.
Cloud Chamber is the first monograph by American actor and photographer Dan Ziskie, gathering photographs taken in New York between 2013 and 2016.
Ziskie grew up in Detroit, eventually moving to Chicago to work as an assistant for a commercial photographer. During this time, he also began to work in improvisational theater and in film and TV (his first film was Robert Altman’s OC and Stiggs, and he has starred in House of Cards and Treme). He later moved to New York, where, inspired by the work ethic of Gary Winogrand, Ziskie hit the streets daily for several years, photographing with a digital 35mm camera. This volume gathers the results.
Featured image is reproduced from 'Dan Ziskie: Cloud Chamber.'
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Thursday, February 8 at 6PM, Rizzoli Bookstore presents actor and photographer Dan Ziskie in conversation with Joe Lawton, in celebration of Ziskie's new collection of street photographs, Cloud Chamber, published by Damiani. Refreshments and book signing to follow. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 11.75 x 9.5 in. / 104 pgs / 70 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $35.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $47.5 ISBN: 9788862085472 PUBLISHER: Damiani AVAILABLE: 9/26/2017 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Out of stock TERRITORY: NA LA
Cloud Chamber is the first monograph by American actor and photographer Dan Ziskie, gathering photographs taken in New York between 2013 and 2016.
Ziskie grew up in Detroit, eventually moving to Chicago to work as an assistant for a commercial photographer. During this time, he also began to work in improvisational theater and in film and TV (his first film was Robert Altman’s OC and Stiggs, and he has starred in House of Cards and Treme). He later moved to New York, where, inspired by the work ethic of Gary Winogrand, Ziskie hit the streets daily for several years, photographing with a digital 35mm camera. This volume gathers the results.
