- Dave Jordano
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Dave Jordano Born May 9, 1948
Detroit, Michigan,
United StatesNationality American Education BFA, College for Creative Studies, 1974 Occupation Photographer Spouse Jeannette Jordano Children Lia, Powell Website http://www.davejordanophotography.com Dave Jordano (1948 – present) is an American commercial and fine art photographer who lives and works in Chicago.
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Biographical information
Jordano was born in 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the College for Creative Studies and received his BFA in photography in 1974. Shortly after this Jordano moved to Chicago, and in 1977 he started a commercial photography business on Wells Street in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood. As a commercial photographer Jordano worked with many large companies such as Crate & Barrel, Starbucks, Nestle, Sears, McDonald's, General Mills, Kraft, Kitchen Aid, Oscar Mayer, and Kellogg's.[1]
Fine Art photography projects
Chicago Bridge Project
Jordano has been actively producing fine art photography since 2001, when he began work on a body of work titled Chicago Bridge Project.[2] This project is made up of black and white photographs of bridges and other industrial structures in and around Chicago.
Marktown
From 2002-2003 Jordano turned his focus from bridges and industry in Chicago to the landscape and inhabitants of Marktown neighborhood in East Chicago, Indiana.[3] This project is made up of all color photographs. A major exhibition of this body of work was held at the city gallery of Chicago in the historic Chicago Water Tower in 2008.[4]
Articles of Faith
In 2003 Jordano began taking pictures of small African-American storefront churches on the south and west sides of Chicago. He completed this project in 2007.[5] This project is also made up of color photographs. A major exhibition of Articles of Faith is scheduled to take place from April 4 - June 28, 2009 at the Chicago Cultural Center.[6]
Prairieland
Jordano is currently working on a body of work entitled Prairieland, in which he explores the rural landscape of Illinois and its inhabitants.[7]
Collections
Jordano's work is held both publicly and privately. Some of the institutions that hold his work include the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, the Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Houston, TX, the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. ,[8][9]
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- 1948 births
- Living people
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