Dan has been at home with a camera since a young boy.   It all began with a little Instamatic, nearly 50 years later, Dan is still pushing shutter buttons. His equipment has
changed, but not his artistic voice. Dan has never strayed from using the camera as his tool of choice working together as one. It is immediate and fits who he is. In 2004, he and Deb moved to Malcolm Island. It was not long before this new home inspired him to create his first photography book, “Imagine an Island,” two more followed. The last book was inspired by time spent at Wood Buffalo Park near Fort Smith, NT.  Drawn to visit this rugged frontier by the uniqueness of the northern landscape and to witness the environmental destruction occurring upriver in the Athabasca ecological systems. Dan’s authentic nature rings clear in his work.

His newest book: Converging Waters explores an area on the northern coast of Vancouver Island on the edge of the Broughton Archipelago: Queen Charlotte Strait, Broughton Strait, Cormorant Channel, Blackfish Sound. This part of the Namgis First Nation territory is characterized by tree-covered islands, pebble beaches, foggy mornings, rocky islets, orcas, eagles, and an ever-changing light. Boats are at least as important as trucks for the few who live here. The sea and sky dominate the land, and marine mammals and fish seem to overshadow the human residents.   

Publication Date: September 29, 2020, Rocky Mountain Books

Representation

Daniel Hillert
dan@sointula.ca