Filmmaker and Photographer

 

I am a Long Island based artist who works with video and photography to document and tell stories. I document local live music and art, educational content for NYU, sports as a freelance videographer, take street photography, and photograph historic cemetery statues and headstones. 

 

The focus of this gallery is the preservation of grave markers by photography. Cemeteries are a dedicated space for memorialization of our loved ones; they help us deal with our grief by giving us this place to reflect on those we’ve lost. My work focuses on the aesthetic of American cemeteries from the 1950’s and earlier. Some of these statues are really compelling to look at, in person, and the photographs give them a life of their own, almost like these photographs are portraits. Photos in this gallery are from historic cemeteries in Woodside, NY, Salem, MA, and Durham, NC.

 

Store:

https://daniel-seagraves-media.printify.me/

 

Website:

https://www.instagram.com/danielseagravesmedia/