Artist Bio

Daniel Newcomb

American Photographer (b. 1973). For 25 years, Newcomb has worked as a commercial architectural photographer for world famous interior designers and architects. He has shot properties for clients like Tommy Hilfiger, Kenny Rogers, David Ortiz, and Hard Rock International. All the while, his fine-art lens has been exploring the world, focused on forgotten architectural sites.

Daniel starting creating images at the age of 15 when his parents gave him his first 35mm camera and a darkroom. He was shy, but found solace in books, painting, music, and writing poetry. He felt a kinship in the works of Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Miles Davis, Raymond Chandler, Charles Bukoswki, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and all the jazz and rock poets he could consume. His camera became a way to express his emotions, and he was soon mixing his poetry and historic info with his art. He states, “I found this extra engagement with the viewer which could nudge a person’s feelings towards how I felt at the time of creation.”

From different formats of film to digital, his tools are ever-changing, but he always has a camera and journal book in hand. “This keeps my mind from just exploding. I have all these images and words in mind that I must continually have flowing out like a rambling jazz solo.”

Daniel shoots all forms of beauty in the world, but always finds himself drawn to the historical architecture of the world.

Portrait by Kevin Jantunen

Artist Statement

Artist Statement:

My mind is often scattered, jumping from one idea to another. Having multiple projects in my view helps me focus my energy each day.

Whether it's a series of poignant images that delve into humanity’s eternal struggle between heaven and hell or the soulful strains of a street serenade that stir my nostalgic longing in my "Downtown Dreams" series. I am always in search of that image, the one that resonates deeply with the vision I have locked away in my mind.

My empathy for the photograph allows me to balance ideas that keep me interested while also grounding me in my art. I always have another frame ready on the side burner.

For me, photography is not solely about the context of an actual frame. It is about my relationship with the moment behind the lens. Each of my images holds personal memories that are significant only to me.

The photographs become vessels of remembrance, encapsulating specific moments in time and providing insights into my understanding of the world around me. The interplay of light and shadow in my images marks the genesis of my nostalgia, where the nuanced greys between brilliance and obscurity invite open interpretation and reflection.

By arranging these collections of photons on surfaces other than my own, I cultivate a sense of grounding, anchoring myself firmly in the present and warding off the shadows while capturing the light. My art serves as a conduit for expressing the spectrum of human emotions tied up in all of us—love, hate, joy, or indifference. In my battle of light and shadow, I am not merely seeking "the photograph"; I am engaging in an act of self-preservation, I pursue these shadows and light for self-preservation, hoping that the viewer might share in some of the emotions of my life.

Portrait by Sofia Flash

EXHIBITIONS

1996

Group Exhibition, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach State College, Daytona Beach, FL

1999

Solo Exhibition, Blind Images Exhibit, Act Gallery Foundation (sponsored by Robert Rauschenberg), Fort Myers, FL

Solo Exhibition, Downtown Dreams, Space 39, Fort Myers, FL Two-Person Exhibition, Liquid Café, Fort Myers, FL

2002

Group Exhibition, Synergy Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL 2006

Group Exhibition, The Art of Punk, Respectable Street Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL

2022

Group Exhibition, Florida Showcase, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL

Solo Exhibition, Downtown Dreams, The Peach Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL (Art work Sold Out show)

Group Exhibition, Myth America, The Box Gallery, West palm Beach, FL

2023

Group Exhibition, Black, White & all The Grays in Between, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI.

Group Exhibition, Emptiness, Exibizone Ontario, Canada.

Group Exhibit Mater and Energy, Evac Gallery New York, NY East Village.

Group Exhibition, Florida, see it Like a Native" exhibition, The Box gallery West Palm Beach. Sold Out show.

Group Exhibition, Florida, see it Like a Native" exhibition, The Box gallery West Palm Beach. Sold Out show.

2023

"Art of the Drag" Pride Gallery Willton Manor, FL.

2023-2024 (7 Month exhibit)

Boca Raton Museum of Art: Art on BRiC Walls, An Exhibition of Architecture Photography in Association with CP Group. Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Fl

"Loose Prints" Group Photography exhibit curated by Daniel Newcomb Peach Gallery West Palm Beach, FL.

2024

33rd Annual All Florida Featuring All Florida Artists in All Media Stuart Court House Cultural Center Stuart, FL

"Art at The Fair" Group Show Artist Alley Gallery West Palm Beach, FL.

2025

Palm Beach Tattoo and Art Festival, Feathered photographic artist. Palm beach Convention Center West Palm Beach Florida.

Darkly exhibit, Online 6 month show.

World Erotic Art Museum (WEAM) Burlesque Exhibit. Image on permanent display. Miami Fl.

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