DanielCanogar’sphotographsandphotographicinstallationshavelongdweltonissuesofimmersionandrealism,ofcorporealimagesandsensations,oflightinstrumentalizedtorevealfigmentsandtracesofvisualmatter.Hisconsistentuseofphotographyunderminesandtranscendssimplequestionsofphotographicrealismthroughplayandvariablescales,obsessivepseudo-repetition,anddisconcertingprojectionproceduresandsurfaces.TheZeroGravityopuscontainsDeparture,aforestofmanipulablefiberopticcablesthatobligesspectatorstoblazetheirownimagetrails;PulseofDarknessprojectsanendlesswall-to-wallloopofphotographedbones;andLeapofFaithadoptsapanoramiccylindricalstructureasanetherealwhitesurfacechargedwithdozensoffloatingbodies.DanielCanogarwasbornin1964inMadrid,wherehecontinuestoliveandwork.HestudiedvisualcommunicationsandreceivedaMaster’sinphotographyfromNewYorkUniversityandtheInternationalCenterforPhotography.
