The Work
A Gallery Overview of Portraits
Almost five decades with a camera in my hand.
Featured Portrait
Robert Lacher
“When I photographed him in the summer, I felt it was important to capture him with the elements he has devoted much of his life to. The garden, the music, and the outdoors. I have rarely made a portrait that asked so little of its subject and revealed so much.”The Work
Welcome!
Thank you for stopping by. I'm Joseph Daniel, and for almost five decades I've spent my life behind a camera, making portraits of the people, places, and quiet moments that caught my eye. This site is a home for that work.
Here you'll find a gallery of selected portraits, the stories behind the sittings, a look back at a life in pictures, and news from the archive as new prints and rediscovered negatives come to light. Take your time, look around, and if something speaks to you, I'd love to hear from you.
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The Life
A Life in Pictures
An intimate and compassionate view of a career spent close to the great and the little-known alike.
News & Stories
Recent Notes from the Archive
New research, anniversaries, and rediscovered prints from the archive, published as they surface.
News & Stories
More News & Stories
The Winter Sitting
A rediscovered contact sheet sheds new light on a sitting long thought lost to the studio fire of 1961. […]
The Archive Joins Instagram
We invite you to follow along as we share prints, contact sheets, and stories from the collection. […]
A Restaurateur's Portrait
An innovator of the American dining room, photographed at the height of a career that changed how the city ate. […]
The Name Behind the Pen Name
A writer better known by an adopted name, and the portrait that helped fix that image in the public mind. […]
An Editor, Remembered
A publisher and businesswoman whose portrait captures the confidence that defined a career of firsts. […]
A Quiet Anniversary
This month marks an anniversary the studio ledger notes but the newspapers of the time did not. […]