Dave Jordano was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1948. He received a BFA in photography from the College for Creative Studies in 1974. In 1977 he established a successful commercial photography studio in Chicago, shooting major print campaigns for national advertising agencies. Jordano is the author of Detroit: Unbroken Down (powerHouse Books, 2015) and has exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is included in the permanent collection of several private, corporate, and museum institutions, most notably the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Detroit Historical Museum; The Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Evanston; Library of Congress, Division of Prints and Photographs; the Harris Bank Collection; and the Federal Reserve Bank.
"Both haunting and awe inspiring, this collection of photos serves
as a simple yet effective ode to the unbreakable spirit of
Detroit's residents.Jordano's mastery of subtlety creates more than
just thought-provoking images, it also transforms them into
majestic and powerful promises of hope."
*Publishers Weekly*
"A Detroit Nocturneis a wonderful portrait of a city."
*F-Stop*
As seen in: PDN Photo of the Day, The Washington Post, Lenscratch,
The Detroit News, The News-Herald, Hyperallergic, feature shoot,
Wired, Creative Boom, The PhotoBook Journal, Far Out Magazine
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