Daniel Afzal is a French born Iranian working with historical photographic processes to portray his subject’s beauty within a calm perspective. His subjects encompass portraiture, landscapes, still life and botanical. His visualization transforms the ordinary into a subtle soft resemblance of the subject’s original spirit.

With the use of large format cameras and vintage lenses, Daniel creates images ranging from 4x4 to 11x11. He has worked with the square format for decades which gently flow into his unique compositions and use of negative space, in turn inviting the viewer to explore the image and their own interpretation of the subject.

Often with a shallow depth of field, Daniel creates an impression of movement in his images. One that challenges the viewer to stop and explore the image allowing the eye to move within the composition.

Influenced by Pictorialism he has purposely let go of perfection in search of seeing and studying his subject, allowing his emotions to weave the image. Where he differs from Pictorialists is his choice of using the wet plate collodion process to make ambrotypes or glass negatives, to be used with other alternative processes.

Daniel has always searched for beauty within his subjects and has found the wet plate collodion process to compliment his perspective, allowing him to share his emotions with his subject.