About Dave Earl

I'm a photographer/artist working in the Eastern MN/Western WI region of the United States.   My influences include Pictorialism, historical and alternative processes, and found imagery (vernacular photography) which I have collected for several years. I like to experiment with a variety of experimental techniques including extreme depths of field (dof), unusual perspectives, various long exposure techniques, intentional camera movements (ICM), and the use of experimental or altered lenses. I use both analogue (film) and digital formats and actively experiment with alternate processes including pinhole, infrared, full spectrum, and the modern cyanotype. In addition to making photographs, my creative pursuits include painting, creating digital art based on my own photographs, photo montage, collage and incorporating found imagery/photos (vernacular photography) into my work.

My work has appeared in various publications (print and digital) and has been collected and exhibited in the United States and Europe. I was honored to be a featured artist in the NudeArtZine series by the Italian Publisher Grandolini Indie Press (volume 14 available on Amazon) and NudeArtZine's Best of 2021, also available on Amazon.  Most recently I was published in Black & White Magazine, Issue #170, February 2025, and will be included in the upcoming publication of the Best of Model Society in early 2025.

I'm presently working on a third book which will feature bodyscape photography. I'm an active contributor to Model Society (model society.com) and a long time supporter of the Flickr, 500px, and Deviant Art communities. I am happy to collaborate with like-minded art models, no experience necessary, contact me for details.

Artist Statement:

I think of myself as an experimental photographer who makes photographs with a purely artful intention. In particular, I am drawn to the endless beauty and power of the human form and the use photography to explore the relationships between body and soul, conscious and unconscious, and reality versus unreality. I tend to be more focused on the process of making photographs than result, more concerned about the imagined than the actual, and ultimately desire to make photographs that are true to my creative vision and would hang in my home. I think of photography as a meditative process that enriches one's life by by finding beauty and meaning in the spaces we occupy. I continue to be intrigued by the way light and shadow can be used to tell a story, express thought, and describe the nature of reality.

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