Above: Johnny, Nantucket 1983 or 84
Poetry of the Ordinary
The Photo Place, Middlebury VT
Outliers Gallery, Jersey City NJ - People I Once Knew
From the review in Eye Level April 2025: "Then there are the Dahlberg photos that are simply so intimate that they seem to belong to a private moment. They chronicle a transient but inviolable bond between the photographer and the subject. We feel a bit voyeuristic checking these out, but they’re so lush, detailed, and skillfully composed that we can’t help but stare. “Johnny: Nantucket,” a gorgeous photograph, captures a man making a cup of Maxwell House on a vintage range. It is drenched in bleary morning-ness, but there’s a sense of determination to the shot, too. Dahlberg’s camera finds an association between the cottony steam from the coffee-maker and Johnny’s chest hair, a silver nimbus that surrounds his torso."
Tris McCall
Read the full review here: https://www.eye-level.net/post/dorie-dahlberg-people-i-used-to-know
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.