Daniel Koretz

My photography is motivated by a desire to capture the beauty and interesting details in common things, and in particular to see them in a new light. For that reason, macro photography is a particular favorite of mine, but I work in numerous genres, including night photography, landscapes, and architectural photography. I started many decades ago doing black-and-white wet darkroom work, but I have long since switched entirely to digital photography. Digital photography provides the photographer with a degree of control over all aspects of the process—including the initial capture, developing (“postprocessing”), and printing—that one couldn’t even imagine in the era of film photography. This gives the artist far more control and flexibility than one has in film photography. Most of my photography is realistic, and I often strive to maximize detail in my images. For example in most of my studio macro work, I use focus stacking—that is, I create composites from multiple images to increase the range that is in sharp focus. I print primarily on baryta papers because they provide fine detail, deep shadows, large dynamic range (from dark to light), and particularly vibrant and accurate color reproduction. All of my photographs are printed with archival pigment inks on museum-grade papers, and all mounting materials are acid-free.