Dan May

Photographer

Dan May was born in the UK in 1969 and raised in the south west of England. He left his job to pursue photography full time in 1994. Dan’s powerful black and white prints are regularly exhibited both in the UK and overseas and are in both private and corporate collections throughout Europe and the USA.

His landscape images revolve around mankind’s search for his place within the natural world and frequently echo a time when man existed in comparative harmony with the earth. His well-known dog photos approach similar themes from a different perspective, exploring the readily accepted but utterly unique relationship between man and dog. The images are candid and never patronising, sharing the often-humorous content with the subject.

Dan’s work has been used for many purposes throughout the world and recent corporate clients include Sainsbury’s, El Al, Seiko, John Deere and Pfizer (Europe). However, his real motivations to go out and photograph will always be producing dramatic and diverting prints for lovers and collectors of photographic art. All his work is hand printed personally to capture the image exactly as he perceived it when the shutter was released.

Selected Exhibitions;
2001
‘Divining’, funded by The Samling Foundation, exhibition at University Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne

October 2000 (ongoing)
Salt’s Mill, Saltaire

September 2000 (ongoing)
Geniant, Dallas

March/April 2000
The Samling Foundation

August 1998
Ark-T Gallery, Oxford

September 1997
Christies, London

December 1996
The Lemonside Factory, London

September 1996
The London Irish Club, London

Selected Commissions
Kemira Agro Ltd
Waltham Veterinary Group
Sainsbury’s
John Deere Ltd
Seiko (UK)
Pfizer (Europe)
Axyssolutions (Dallas)
United News & Media Group
Spiller’s Petfoods
Art at Work
Claas (UK) Ltd
El Al Airlines
Irish Government

Ranoch Moor - Dan May

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