BORN - 1948 Detroit, Michigan
LIVES - Chicago, Illinois
EDUCATION - BFA, Photography, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan 1974
WORK - 1977-2009, Dave Jordano Photography, Inc. Freelance Food and product photographer shooting major campaigns for national and international advertising agencies.
2001 - present - Fine Art Documentary Photographer
SOLO AND 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Human (Landscapes), Transformer Station, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 - Detroit: Unbroken Down and A Detroit Nocturne, Solo Exhibit, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
2016 - Detroit: Unbroken Down, Solo Exhibit, Side Gallery, Newcastle, England
- Detroit: Unbroken Down, Solo Exhibit, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, California
- Detroit: Unbroken Down, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Detroit: Unbroken Down, Solo Exhibit, Third Floor Gallery, Diffusion: Cardiff International Photography Festival, Wales, United Kingdom
2015 - Detroit: Unbroken Down, Solo Exhibit, Filter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 - Detroit: Unbroken Down, Solo Exhibit, United Photo Industries, Brooklyn, NY
2012 - Detroit: Unbroken Down, Solo Exhibit, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Munich, Germany
- American Landscapes, Stieglitz 19 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, with John Humble
2010 - Recent Developments, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY
- Unbroken Down, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photogaphy, Detroit, MI. With Jennifer O'Keeffe and Greg Stimac
- Faith and Fury, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA. Two Person
2009 - Articles of Faith, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois solo
- American Spirit: Freedom, Growth, Grace and Power, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY. With Stephen Mark and Vaughn Sills.
- Prairieland, New Works Gallery, Silvereye Center for Photography Pittsburgh, PA. With Markku Lahdesmaki
2008 - Marktown, East Chicago, IN, City Gallery of Chicago, Water Tower Gallery, Chicago, IL. Solo
2007 - Prairieland, Perspectives Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Solo
- Articles of Faith, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, Illinois. Solo- Articles of Faith, Sol Mednick Gallery, Univ. of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Solo
2006 - Articles of Faith, Irene Carlson Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA. Solo
2005 - Articles of Faith, Jane Addams Hull House, Chicago, IL. Solo
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Portfolio ShowCase 13, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Barbara Tannenbaum, juror
-FilterPhoto IV: Annual Members Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, juror, Jonathan Blaustein
-Portraits Without People, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2019 - Where We Live, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
-Filter Photo Membership III Exhibition, Chicago Illinois, Aline Smithson juror
-Rust Belt Biennial, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
2018 - LOCALE, the State of the Art Photography Invitational, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
- New Midwest Photography, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, curated by Andy Adams
- Photo Review Photography Competition, Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, Philidelphia, PA, juried by Sarah Meister Photography Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2017- Detroit, After Dark, Works from the Permanent Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
- Critical Mass Top 50 - Markers of Time, Denver, CO
- Elsewhere, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2015-16 - AIMIA/AGO Photography Prize, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
- Power and Politics, Filter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Juried by Barbara Tannenbaum
-2015 - Griffin Museum's 21st Juried Show, The Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Best of Show Award
- An Invisible Hand, David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 - Trees, A Smith Gallery, Johnson, TX. Juried by Ellen Jantzen
-How One Thing Leads to Another, Critical Mass , PhotolucidaTop 50 Exhibition, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Jessica Johnston of the George Eastman House
-How one Thing Leads to Another, Critical Mass, Photolucida Top 50 Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
-5th Annual Alumni Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan. Juried by Nancy Watson Barr and Glen Barr.
2013 - Exposure 13, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Boston, MA. Curated by Karen Haas
- Center Forward, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Ann Jastrab and Hamidah Glasgow
- 31st Annual Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photogaphy, Houston TX. Curated by Lisa Sutcliffe
2012 - Motor City Muse, Detroit Photographs, Then and Now, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Bill Rauhauser, Karen Jobst, and Russ Marshall
- Contested Territories, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, with Simon Norfolk, Doug Rickard, Michael Wolfe, Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher, and Richard Mosse
- Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Curated by Hamidah Glasgow and Ann Jastrab
- Portraits, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Curated by Anna Walker Skillman
2011 - Audio/Visual, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
- Picture Books, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
- This Good Earth, Newspace Center for Photography Annual Competition, Portland, OR. Curated by Laura Valenti
2010 - Into the Light, Wallspace Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Christa Dix
- Faith, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA Curated by Ann Jastrab
- Seeing is Believing, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Curated by Dana Salvo
2009 - Portraits: Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO. Juried by Mary Ellen Mark
- Arbor: Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY. Online gallery exhibition, invitation only.
- Place and Presence: Photography from the Collection, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
- Houston Center for Photography Juried Membership Competition, Houston, TX. Juried by Katherine Ware
- Negative Spaces, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO Juried by Brooks Jensen - Directors Selection Award
2008 - Beyond the Backyard, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL Curated by Karsten Lund and Karen Irvine
- Glimpses in Time, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA, Curated by Steven Wirtz
- Toledo Friends of Photography National Juried Competition, Toledo, OH. Juried by Todd Hido
- 6 X 6, Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, International Juried Competition. Stephen Shore, Darius Himes, Roger Ballen,
Dana Faconti, Jason Fulford, Michael Foley, judges, among others.
2007 - Up & Now, PCNW 12th Annual Photographic Competition, Seattle WA Juried by Charlotte Cotton
2006 - Toledo Friends of Photography National Juried Competition, Toledo OH Juried by Kathy Vargas
- Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2005 - Houston Center for Photography Annual Membership Competition, Houston, TX. Curator's Choice Award, Curated by Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography,Chicago, IL
- Place(meant), Recent Photography from Midwestern Photographers, Central Michigan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
- PCNW Annual Membership Competition, Seattle WA Honorable Mention, Juried by Marita Holdaway
2003 - Houston Center for Photography Long Term Fellowship Project Competition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2020 - Portfolio ShowCase 13, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Barbara Tannenbaum juror
- Juror's Choice Award, FilterPhoto IV: Members Annual Exhibition, juror, Jonathan Blaustein
2019 - Transformer Station One Week Residency, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 - Eyes on Main Street Residency, Wilson, North Carolina
2016 - Finalist, Top Fifty, Critical Mass, Photolucida, Portland, OR
- Finalist, LensCulture Street Photography International Competition, LensCulture, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 - Winner, $50,000 7th Annual AIMIA I AGO Photography Prize, Toronto, Canada
- Best of Show, 21st Annual Photography Competition, Peter Urban Legacy Award, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Juried by Jim Casper, founder of LensCulture.
-Short listed, 7th Annual AIMIA/AGO Canadian Photography Prize, Toronto, Ontario
2014 - Juror's Choice Award, Trees, A Smith Gallery, Johnson, TX. Juried by Ellen Jantzen
-Best of Show, 5th Annual Alumni Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan. Juried by Nancy Watson Barr and Glen Barr.
2013 - Selection, NYT's Portfolio Review, 2700 entries of which only 150 photographers were selected
- Finalist, Top Fifty, Critical Mass, Photolucida, Portland, OR
- Selection, Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photogaphy, Chicago IL
2011 - Honorable Mention, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards
- Selection, Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2009 - Directors Selection Award, Negative Space Exibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
- Jury Selection, Santa Fe Portfolio Review, Santa Fe NM
2008 - Finalist, Top Twenty, Critical Mass, Photolucida, Portland, OR
- Selection, Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2007 - Community Art Assistance Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, Illinois Council for the Arts.
2006 - Finalist, Top Twenty, Critical Mass National Book Award, Portland OR
2005 - Curator's Choice Award, Houston Center for Photography Annual Membership Competition, Chosen by Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
- Jury Selection, Santa Fe Portfolio Reviews, Santa Fe NM
- Jury Selection, Photography Now - 100 Portfolios, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH. An international competition of over 1200 entries.
- Jury Selection, Photo Review International Photography Competition, Juried by Philip Brookman, 98 selected out of 1300 entries.
- Selection, Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2003 - Honorable Mention, Houston Center for Photography's Long-term Fellowship Project.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
- A Detroit Nocturne, Published by PowerHouse Books, Brooklyn, NY 2018
- Detroit: Unbroken Down, Published by PowerHouse Books, Brooklyn, NY 2015
- Articles of Faith, African-American Community Churches of Chicago, Publisher, Center for American Places at Columbia College 2009
- Migration, Lost and Found in America, by Donald McCrea, Publisher, Michael Weise Productions 2010
- Assembled Works, Photographs by Dave Jordano, Publisher, Paper Moon Press 2003
- Lenswork Magazine, Issue #48. Brooks Jensen, Publisher 2004
- 6 X 6, Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2008
- Detroit bouge encore,"M", Le Magazine du Monde, Paris 2013
- Broken City, Time Magazine, Cover photo and inside spread about Detroit. Article about Detroit 2013
- Unbroken Down, This is Not Detroit, Schauspielhaus Bochum Magazine, Bochum, Germany 2013
-Unsustainable Cruelty, The Austrailian PhotoJournalist, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art. With 16 other photographers 2013
-Aperture #214, Documentary, Expanded 2014
-Detroit: Unbroken Down, Photo Art Magazine, Seoul, Korea, March 2014
COLLECTIONS
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington DC
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Mass.
-The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois
- Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, Illinois
- Harris Bank Collection, Chicago, Illinois
- Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan
- Several Corporate and Private Collections