Danielle discovered photography in the late 1970’s while dumping water in and out of buckets so her father could learn to play with shutter speeds on his new Canon AE-1. But it was the darkroom in middle school that triggered her love for making photographs. She found peace there as an adolescent, and that continued throughout her high school and college years where she focused on documentary photography and portraiture. Eventually Danielle combined her love for the visual arts with her love of teaching and spent nearly a quarter of a century teaching students how creating art can change their perspectives on the world, and change their lives.

As a 7-12th grade visual arts teacher, mother to a teenager, and city dweller, Danielle found herself seeking quiet, calm, balance, and order wherever she can. With her current photography practice she attempts to create compositional “perfection” in the spaces she sees throughout the day.

SERIES

“Another Place”

in 2022 Danielle found herself altering these simple photographs to create new surreal landscapes in the “Another Place” series. She creates places that combine landscapes and cityscapes into layered, abstract spaces that evoke alternate realities. Each image is a reaction to the place (emotional and physical) she was in while creating the piece, and include themes of connection, disconnection, inner calm, loss, discomfort, beauty in the unknown, and hope.

“Unnatural Symmetry”

The “Unnatural Symmetry” images started out as an experiment in 2022, but soon became something almost addictive as she began seeing everything mirrored and flipped, focusing on color, connections, design, and patterns.

Drawing/Collage

Danielle began to focus on drawing during 2020 while in quarantine. She created meditative, personal pieces stemming from subconscious drawings and doodles she has been creating on paper scraps and notebooks since she was 11. Some express chaos, some calm, and some a combination of both. In 2022 she began combining her interest in collage and found images with her drawings and doodles from meetings, airplane rides, and other less exciting times where she is forced to sit still (something she does not do well).

WANT ONE?

If you are interested in purchasing a print, or a drawing, find Danielle on instagram @danielletroysart and I will let you know if the image you want is available. You can also email me at danielletroyphoto@gmail.com.

Due to the smaller size of the older iPhone photos, the in app edits, and a depressing mishap with iCloud and an external hard drive, some images may not be printable and live here forever for your interweb viewing pleasure.

DISCLAIMER

All images were shot using an iPhone (of varied quality), and many were edited (a little or a lot) in one phone app or another. All images are property of Danielle Troy and cannot be duplicated or printed out without her permission. Thank you!