Daniel Traub

Traub was born and grew up in Philadelphia, PA, the son of architect David S. Traub and artist Lily Yeh. He is also the nephew of photographer and educator Charles H. Traub.

Traub began photographing at age twelve exploring the streets of Philadelphia. He later studied photography formally with Joel Sternfeld at Sarah Lawrence College as well as film production and film history with Abigail Child and Gilberto Perez respectively.

He received his MFA from the MFA Photo, Video and Related Media department of the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he studied with Raghubir Singh, Max Kozloff and others.

Traub lived in China from 1998 to 2007 where he was engaged with long-term photographic projects, including Simplified Characters, a series of street pictures that explore the vast changes at the beginning of the 21st century in Chinese cities, as well as the series Peripheries,Yvi Magazine, “City’s Edge,” July, 2007. which looks at the landscape at the outskirts of several major Chinese cities. In 2007 he moved back to the United States and began a project looking at the city where he was born, Philadelphia. He also

continued to travel extensively, including returning frequently to China where he worked on the longterm project from 2009 to 2014 Little North Road.

Daniel Traub has published two monographs with Kehrer Verlag: North Philadelphia (2014){{cite web|url=http://www.artbooksheidelberg.de/html/detail/en/daniel-traub-978-3-86828-478-2.html|title=KEHRERVERLAG · Program · Daniel Traub|last=designallee|publisher=}} and Little North Road (2015).

North Philadelphia is a photographic portrait of a neighborhood in prolonged crisis. The book presents a glimpse into an urban area that hovers between decay and possibility, and is emblematic of many such regions across the United States. Made between 2008-2013, North Philadelphia combines images of dilapidated homes, vacant lots, and street corners with portraits of the residents.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/15/us/cnnphotos-north-philadelphia/index.html|title=Faces, places in North Philadelphia|first=Jason |last=Hanna|date=16 January 2015|publisher=CNN}}Moinopolis, Issue Two, Mannheim, Germany, 2013.European Photography, “Lots,” Issue 89, 2011.Private Magazine, “North Philadelphia,” Issue 51, 2010.

Traub's North Philadelphia has inspired the film Night Comes On to play in Philadelphia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/movies/night-comes-on-director-talks-about-shooting-in-philly-and-falling-in-love-with-the-city-20180801.html|title='Night Comes On' director talks about shooting in Philly, and falling in love with the city.|first=Gary|last=Thompson|website=inquirer.com|date=August 2018 }}

Little North Road is a photographic collaboration that looks at a pedestrian bridge in the middle of Guangzhou.{{cite web|url=http://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/chinafile-presents-africa-china|title=ChinaFile Presents: Africa in China|publisher=}} The bridge serves as a symbolic gateway into China from Africa. At the heart of this project is a selection of images collected from two Chinese itinerant portrait photographers, Wu Yong Fu and Zeng Xian Fang. Equipped with digital cameras, they have made a living making portraits for Africans and other groups who wanted a memento of their time in China. Daniel Traub’s photographs on the bridge and immediate vicinity explore the broader dynamics of the area and provide a context through which to see these portraits.M - Le magazine du Monde, "Un Canton africain," January 2, 2016.California Sunday Magazine, “The Bridge,” Daniel Traub, March 1, 2015.

As a filmmaker, Traub has directed documentaries including the feature length Barefoot Artist{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/whyy-public-media/the-barefoot-artist|title=The Barefoot Artist|publisher=}} about Lily Yeh and her collaborative artworks in war-torn communities;{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-barefoot-artist-lily-yeh-confronts-painful-past-in-her-journey-to-heal-communities-through-art|title=In 'Barefoot Artist,' Lily Yeh confronts painful past in her journey to heal communities through art|website=PBS |date=5 December 2014|publisher=}} and Xu Bing: Phoenix, which highlights the condition of Chinese migrant labourers.{{cite web|url=http://hyperallergic.com/74458/a-tale-of-two-phoenixes/|title=A Tale of Two Phoenixes|date=3 July 2013|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.magic-lantern-films.com/xu-bing-phoenix/|title=Xu Bing: Phoenix - Magic Lantern|publisher=}} He has been the director of photography for numerous documentaries{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4722650/?ref_=nm_knf_t1|title=Hollywood Beauty Salon|date=29 July 2016|publisher=|via=IMDb}} and reports for networks and production companies including PBS, Arte and German Television ZDF where he worked extensively with senior correspondent Joachim Holtz.{{cite web|url=http://www.gat.st/en/node/186210|title=China - Reise durchs Reich der Mitte - www.gat.st|date=14 August 2012|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.3sat.de/programm/?viewlong=viewlong&d=20090304|title=3sat TV-Programm Mittwoch, 4.3.|last=3sat.online|publisher=}} In 2011, Daniel Traub founded the film production company Itinerant Pictures.{{cite web|url=http://www.itinerantpictures.com/INFO/ABOUT/1|title=INFO|publisher=|access-date=2016-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220211353/http://www.itinerantpictures.com/INFO/ABOUT/1|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}} In 2019, he completed Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own, a feature-length documentary on the artist Ursula von Rydingsvard.{{Cite web|url=https://itinerantpictures.com/Into-Her-Own|title=Into Her Own — Itinerant Pictures|website=itinerantpictures.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pHlSe5pjdQ|title=Ursula von Rydingsvard: Giardino della Marinaressa|last=Ursula vonRydingsvard|date=15 September 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}

• Chinescape. Zeng Han, Ed. Shenzhen, China 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/43207|title=Chinescape: Contemporary Chinese Landscape Photography Exhibition - Asia Art Archive|publisher=|access-date=2016-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092444/http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/43207|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}} {{ISBN|9110328130}}.
• North Philadelphia. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany 2014. {{ISBN|978-3-86828-478-2}}. A monograph.
• Little North Road. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.artbooksheidelberg.com/html/en/program/detail.html?ID=926|title=KEHRERVERLAG · Program · Daniel Traub|last=designallee|publisher=|access-date=2016-12-09|archive-date=2016-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221003105/http://www.artbooksheidelberg.com/html/en/program/detail.html?ID=926|url-status=dead}} {{ISBN|978-3-86828-629-8}}. A monograph.

• Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2007 (Two-person exhibition){{cn|date=September 2021}}
• FotoFest, Houston, TX, 2008 (Two-person exhibition){{cn|date=September 2021}}
• Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008
• Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2010{{cn|date=September 2021}}
• Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China, 2011{{cn|date=September 2021}}
• Bluesky Gallery, Portland, OR, 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/daniel-traub/#1|title=Daniel Traub - Blue Sky Gallery|first=brandon sorg - brandonsorg [at] gmail [dot]|last=com|publisher=|access-date=2016-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220073739/http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/daniel-traub/#1|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}}
• Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2015{{cite web|url=https://slought.org/resources/little_north_road|title=Little North Road 小北路 - Programs – Slought|date=12 December 2016|publisher=}}
• Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China, 2017/18{{Cite web|url=http://www.relations-media.com/lianzhou-foto-festival-lianzhou-province-du-guangdong-chine-3/|title=LIANZHOU FOTO FESTIVAL – Lianzhou, Province du Guangdong, Chine | Relations Media}}

• Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.sfarts.org/feature.cfm?featureID=446&title=new-show-views-chinese-culture-through-recontextualized-photos|title=New Show Views Chinese Culture Through Recontextualized Photos|publisher=}}
• James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, 2016
• Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain, 2016/2017{{cite web|url=http://www.ivorypress.com/content/paris-photo-aperture-foundation-photobook-awards-2016|title=Little North Road 小北路 - Exhibition – Ivorypress Madrid|date=28 November 2016 – 14 January 2017|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• SCoP Shanghai Center of Photography, China, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.scop.org.cn/copy-of-made-in-germany|title=Here's looking at you - Exhibition - SCoP Shanghai Center of Photography|access-date=2017-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212740/https://www.scop.org.cn/copy-of-made-in-germany|archive-date=2017-08-03|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2TBog7gmN5swXR08jUe1Zg|title=Daniel Traub at SCoP Shanghai Center of Photography on weixin}}
• Guangzhou Image Triennial, Guangzhou, China, 2017/18{{Cite web|url=http://www.guangzhouimagetriennial.org/en/artist/|title=ARTIST - Guangzhou Image Triennial 2017|website=www.guangzhouimagetriennial.org}}
• Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, 2019{{Cite web |url=https://www.weltkulturenmuseum.de/en/ausstellungen/vorschau/11355 |title=Weltkulturen Museum |access-date=2019-09-25 |archive-date=2019-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715113604/https://www.weltkulturenmuseum.de/en/ausstellungen/vorschau/11355 |url-status=dead }}
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2021{{Cite web|url=https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/new-grit-art-philly-now/artists|title=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Artists in New Grit: Art & Philly Now|website=philamuseum.org}}

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
• Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL{{cite web|url=http://www.margulieswarehouse.com/#/home|title=Daniel Traub at The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse|publisher=}}
• Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=17648;type=701|title=Daniel Traub at the Portland Museum|publisher=}}
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA{{cite web|url=https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/here-stay-art-philly-now/daniel-traub|title=Daniel Traub at The Philadelphia Museum of Art|publisher=}}
• Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

• FotoFestiwal, Lodz, Poland, Award, 2007{{cn|date=September 2021}}
• Photo District News 30, 2008{{cn|date=September 2021}}
• 24th Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, France, Finalist, 2009{{cn|date=September 2021}}
• Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA, Fellowship, 2009{{cn|date=September 2021}}
• Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Residency, 2009{{cn|date=September 2021}}
• The Photo Review Competition, First prize, 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.photoreview.org/competition/portfolio.php/15/1|title=The Photo Review - 2009 Competition Winners|publisher=|access-date=2016-12-08|archive-date=2016-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221055801/http://www.photoreview.org/competition/portfolio.php/15/1|url-status=dead}}
• Paris Photo-Aperture Photobook Prize, France, Finalist, 2016{{cite web|url=http://aperture.org/blog/photobook-awards-shortlist/|title=The 2016 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist|date=2 October 2016|publisher=}}

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• {{Official website|danieltraub.net}}
• [http://itinerantpictures.com Itinerant Pictures]

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