Nightlife 2001
The setting sun often awakens a new landscape of wild life activity, one that is carefully watched by the eyes of predator, scavenger and prey... My latest work "Nightlife" is a contemporary portrayal of the intrinsic animal interactions between people in today’s urban environment.
The centerpiece is a mural depicting the diversity found within a street side cafe. There are ten additional portraits that segregate the scene into smaller habitats.
All models were photographed with strobe lighting in front of seamless paper using a Lite Phase digital camera back on a Hasselblad camera. Thanks to digital technology, I was able to photograph each model separately in my studio. I digitally arranged the furniture and incorporated a Soho restaurant as the background.
- Daniel Lee
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Return to the Sea” at Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taiwan
2016
“Looking Glass/Daniel Lee Retrospective” at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
“Daniel Lee/Metamorphing” at OCT Art Center, Shanghai, China
2012
“Trace to the Origin: Daniel Lee Retrospective” at Luoca Art Center, Xiamen, China
2011
“Animal Instinct / Photographs of Daniel Lee” at San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, USA
2008
“Daniel Lee 1993-2007 Retrospective” at Tsing Hua University, Beijing, China
2001
“Nightlife” at O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
“Petersburg Photo Vernissage 2012” at CEH Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia
2008
“Art of Taiwan” at National Moravian Gallery, Czech Republic
2004
“ArTaipei 04/Featured Artist” at Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan