Artist Spotlight

	David Vance

Name: David Vance

City: Miami

Birthplace: Rochester, NY

Artistic Medium: Photography

How did you get started?
My parents bought me a darkroom kit from Sears when I was 14. I had been drawing and painting since I was 10, and they were nervous that I would become an “artist.” Whoops! They thought photography would be more commercial. What they didn't understand is that art is in the soul. It’s not really a choice.

Who or what are your influences?
My mother's fashion magazines... Photographers Richard Avedon (mostly) Francesco Scavullo, Irving Penn, William Mortenson, and George Hurrell. The art of the Renaissance, and 19th century romanticism.

What inspires your work?
Beauty in all forms—faces, bodies, attitudes, cinema, literature, nature.

How does Miami/South Florida influence your work?
Living in paradise is a constant source of inspiration. The beach, the skies—especially in winter—the light. The extraordinarily diverse people and culture. It's an amazing place

How would you describe your work?
Neoclassic, painterly, sensual.

What has been the most unusual reaction to your work from the public?
Surprise that I'm not involved in film or commercials.

What would you like to achieve as an artist?
Great wealth. (Oh, you wanted a realistic answer?) I guess to have the luxury to work with a really talented team of experts on projects of high visibility, instead of being a one-man band. Also, to always inspire others to see and acknowledge the beauty in everyone and everything around them. To focus on the world in it's most flattering light.

Upcoming shows:
Exposure Photo and Gallery/ Palm Springs April 14

New book release: David Vance/Timeless, published by Bruno Gmunder April/2006

Where is your work available?
Exposure Photo & Gallery 240 North Palm Canyon Drive Palm Springs, CA 760.320.2123
and online at: www.davidvancenudes.com & www.davidvance.com

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