Dan Culberson Makes Pictures

Church and Industry

If this photo needed words, it wouldn’t need to be a photo.

Continuing the theme of sky giving a sense of space. “I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.” … Continue reading →

Refining in Saint John

9 Jan ’12

I don’t pay attention to many Facebook groups, but one of the groups I enjoy going through from time to time is a group dedicated to Old Pictures of Saint John. It’s interesting to me that since the invention of … Continue reading →

Grampa’s Girl

9 Jan ’12

“This idea of imposing an order is very interesting to me. Photography is in essence an analytic medium. … In photography, you start with the whole world and every decision you make imposes an order on it. The question is … Continue reading →

We settled in and nested here

8 Jan ’12

January Through December

6 Jan ’12

I haven’t posted any of my motion work before, so here’s something. I created this little promo video for my buddy Clinton Charlton’s 2011 project called January Through December. Clinton’s a great artist from here in Saint John, and a … Continue reading →

The Ferguson Thomas Wedding

5 Jan ’12

This is the find that kicked off my most recent day when I rescued a bunch of old albums and old slides. I walked into a local second hand store, not expecting to find anything. The owner of the establishment … Continue reading →

The Ocean

5 Jan ’12

Also not kidding about all kinds of weather. These 2 photos were shot just a couple of hours apart. In fact, the bottom photo was shot in almost the exact same spot as where I shot the two boats on … Continue reading →

Chasing the Light

4 Jan ’12

When I say I drove around all day chasing the light, I mean that quite literally. The clouds and weather were changing so fast I spent a lot of time trying to figure out where the best light, the best … Continue reading →

Sunsets and Sunrises

4 Jan ’12

Sun setting over a frozen harbour at Summerside PEI.

More sunsets and sunrises from PEI. 1 – Sun setting over a frozen harbour at Summerside. 2 – The ship opposite where the sun was setting. 3 – The sun rising over a field. 4 – The field opposite the … Continue reading →

And that’s an order

3 Jan ’12

More shots from PEI. A few fine establishments where refreshment may be had. “‘A picture is what it is,’ [William Eggleston] says when I ask him why he no longer wishes to talk about individual photographs, ‘and I’ve never noticed … Continue reading →

Two Birds

3 Jan ’12

Cavendish is quite lovely when there aren’t any people around. Still, you can’t ignore that people were here once. And they left warning signage to ward off the lawsuits.

Roadside Fox

2 Jan ’12

I figured I should get right at my resolution of taking more days to tool around the countryside alone chasing light, so today I did just that. I returned to PEI and was blessed with awesome constantly shifting weather. Heavy … Continue reading →

One Headlight

2 Jan ’12

A photo of the Harbour Road Pub from near Beaver Harbour New Brunswick.

“I discovered that this camera was the technical means in photography of communicating what the world looks like in a state of heightened awareness. And it’s that awareness of really looking at the everyday world with clear and focused attention … Continue reading →