I'm an artist working in photography from Prince George's County, MD. Studio updates

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Calvin, II, 2025 Satin digital inkjet print, pvc frame with acrylic glass 24 x 36 x 1 inches

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5U Space is pleased to present its eighth exhibition, Daniel Diasgranados, Dust: A Wandering. Drawing from ongoing projects begun during the COVID-19 pandemic, seven photographs confront a moment in US history defined by rupture and disorientation. Here, memories of an adolescent past, spent carefree in public parks, are revisited and re-visioned in present-day Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. Friends appear outdoors, shuteye, or in thought — powerful acts of resistance against a world demanding productivity, attention, and obedience. Rather than comply, the artist offers stillness; rather than resolution, the images hold space for ambiguity and reflection.

Central to the work is an ongoing inquiry: how does a place change over time, and how does memory shape our continued relationship to it? 

Start by heading out the door and down the steps Make a sharp left, then continue past the driveway and toward the sidewalk Head toward the playground behind the shopping center Continue straight For 6 blocks Take a right Continue 100 feet  Make a left and you’ve arrived. 

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DUST: a wandering

Feb 21st opening 5-8pm

Runs feb 21-march 21st

5926 Germantown Ave Philadelphia, PA

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EMERGE group show in Richmond, VA 2025

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Calvin, II 2022-2025

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Dija, 2025, for trace

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2025's twilight

8x5"x11"x2.5" shadowbox with glass, wheatgrass insert

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rarest image of all time... when i hired two of my friends to help make my first photo zine in 2013 at a random staples in pg county maryland, we skipped school for this

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Poem for the new year, 2024, 8"x10"3" glossy print mounted to shadowbox

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college days

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Voyager II kiosk with Chauncey Leborde up in Bowie Town Center in Bowie, MD

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untitled

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january

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Final week to see Voyager II, at the Mall at Prince George's in Prince George's County, Maryland. I grew up walking through these malls across the county where I started think about the role of the image in the world. PG county to me has always been a quiet, poetic place, and has always been one of the only places where the language pf photography has made sense to me.

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Voyager II, Forever in a day

40"x50"

at The Mall in Prince George's, in PG county, Maryland

Runs December 1st-31st

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At the Vermont Center for Photography, last show for awhile. Mad grateful. Showing with Jamil Baldwin, Steph Foster, Brandon Foushee, Jamie Ho, Chelsea Pineda, Natasha Moustache and Glenn Sonnie Wooden.