





My photography explores the relationship between people and the land. I believe that very few people in the modern age have experienced unadulterated nature: I know I have not. The places we go to experience nature are built in order for us to experience it as safely and conveniently as possible. True nature would be too frightening or difficult to access for the majority of us.
Daniel Cheek was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1978. His family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan when he was 6 years old. Cheek moved to San Francisco, California when he was 21. He photographs with an 8x10 camera and black and white film. He has worked at Fraenkel Gallery as Rights and Reproductions Manager for six years. He is married and has a son.