Daniel Willner
Daniel Willner fell in love with photography and nature while exploring the wild edges of town with his father’s camera. He continued his studies in photography at Oberlin College and Columbia University, where he received his MFA in 2007. His multiyear study of the Great Swamp, a 6,000-acre wetland stretching from Westchester to Dutchess County, resulted in multiple exhibits and supporting grants from the Puffin Foundation, Collaborative Concepts, and Arts Westchester. He continues to explore this territory, photographing reservoir infrastructure, portraits of native plants, and panoramic studies of vernal pools, forest streams, and other upland water sources within the reservoir system. He is a Westchester resident and an instructor of photography in the Department of Visual Arts at Fordham University.