Hot Shots : Dan Boardman
Artist Statement
My interest in photography stems from luck. When I first started shooting, a friend recommended me to slower.net. Which was incredibly inspiring and important in getting me to shoot everyday, and chronicle all the nooks and crannies of my day-to-day life. Around the same time another friend came back from New York City with Stephen Shore's Uncommon Places, which he found at random on the side of the road, and gave to me. Stephen Shore opened up a world contrary to that of Eliot Shepard, and even though I didn't fully understand Shore's work then, it did, to say the least, mark the beginning of my love for formal photography.
I think these two artists created in me a love for place. I love to think about the history of a place, or my personal history with a place. I look for small pieces that comprise a whole, and really love sequencing and editing and how it can change the tone of a project.
I'm currently a student at Rochester Institute of Technology, so despite my best efforts, my training has been very formal.
Lately I've been inspired by Martin Parr's boring postcard collection, and all things Russian. I've been inspired by ponies off and on.
Biography
Daniel Boardman was raised in beautiful upstate New York. He attended Union Springs High School and then moved on to study English at the State University at Buffalo. After taking many pictures and indulging a brief interest in post jazz, he abandoned his pursuit of an English major and headed to Rochester Institute of Technology to study photography. At RIT, he learned what the knobs on his camera were for and was handed a diploma. He currently lives in Chicago, IL with his girlfriend.