Artist Statement
Nicholas Dantona
I am a child and a product of the Sixties who has had the good fortune of a successful career as a creative professional and artist. My work is influenced by the music, message and events of that generation:
Love is the most powerful force in the universe.
I make photographs that attempt spiritual depth and meaning, challenging an age of scientific materialism, nihilism and spiritual bankruptcy.
I make photographs as a quest for authenticity and a plea for the rediscovery of connection.
I make photographs in pursuit of love and the Divine Source of Love.
As an artist and as a man I make this statement: Love is the answer.
Bio
Nicholas Dantona
Nashville/NYC/Naples
Mr. Dantona’s career spans a forty-year journey as TV cameraman, photographer, producer/director, creative director and interactive media innovator.
He has self-published three bespoke, handmade photo books in limited editions:
The Balkan Dispatches
BULTOS: a Return to the Panama Hat Trail
Petit Briefs: Azerbaijan/Bulgaria/Serbia/Poland
Mr. Dantona’s photography is a part of the permanent collection of The Tennessee State Museum and various corporate and private collections. His photographs have been exhibited regularly throughout the US and internationally.
Born in New York City, he has studied Theater, Film and Communication at Emerson College, Suffolk University, SUNY and NYU School of the Arts.
