His practice is rooted in long-term engagement with people, place, and lived experience and often develops through sustained relationships with communities and landscapes, allowing social, historical, and emotional layers to emerge over time. Working intuitively and responsively, he explores how personal and collective memories become entwined with the places we inhabit.
Exhibitions
2024
2023
2020
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2016
2015
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2014
2014
Residencies
2019-2020
Publications
2015
"Space and Time" (Work in Progress) – Make It Easy Lab, Nottingham
"Grangewood " – Dubrek, Derby, UK
“Grangewood” – Photo Canopy, BSDC, U.K
“Firs Estate” - Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington, U.K
“Our Days of Gold” w/Assunta Ruocco – Italian Cultural Institute, Hamburg, Germany
“In Transit” – Dubrek, Derby, U.K
“Normanton, Arboretum” – East Meets West 2.0, Grain, Birmingham, U.K
“Normanton, Arboretum” – East Meets West 2.0, Quad, Derby, U.K
“Normanton, Re-visited” – Pear Tree Library, Normanton, Derby, U.K
“Normanton” - Market Hall/Quad, Derby, U.K“
Night Sun” w/Richard Birkin and Emma Lannie – FORMAT Photography Festival, Derby, U.K
“Night Sun” w/Richard Birkin and Emma Lannie – Light Night, Nottingham, U.K
“Lost and Found” – Artsmith, Derby, U.K
Grangewood – Photo Canopy
“Normanton” produced for The Open Centre
Using analogue photography, darkroom processes, and, more recently, sculpted and worked glass, Daniel is interested in how memory can be translated into physical form. Through slow, tactile making, his work reflects a fascination with the way memories fragment, shift, and settle, offering space for reflection and a deeper understanding of ourselves in relation to place.
He is currently exploring sculptural glass combined with photography and developing new works as a result of his successful Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice grant.
He is also the founder of Sequence: Nottingham Centre for Photography and Social Engagement as well as manager of Education and Community at Take It Easy Lab in Leeds.
With decades of experience in mentoring photographers and teaching Daniel also works as a creative consultant, coach and mentor.
