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Dan Derby

Dan Derby - capturing stories in words & pictures

About me: 

I am a designer by training & for a number of years did just that. 

I hold a degree in design from the University of North Carolina, Raleigh and an MFA from Stanford University.  I was a visiting lecturer at Stanford for nearly a decade.

Over time, I found myself doing more managing than designing so I began the journey back toward the arts.

Encouraged by a designer wife, Jane G. Derby - a  professional photographer daughter (NYC), Erin Derby - and cinematography student (SVA), Dan Derby III - it seemed like I was rejoing a family business.

In addition to photography, I write stories on a variety of subjects for a variety of clients.

However, my wedding work is the purest form of story - your story.


wedding connections:

Wedding Photojournalist Association       WPPI       Visit The Nest                  

writing

When there is time and opportunity, I write.   Sometimes for magazines & newspapers.  Many times for on-line publications.

In the popular press I write about people, their homes, jobs, hobbies
& passions. I have been published in travel & 'shelter' magazines
as well as newspapers (Yankee, Better Homes & Gardens). 

In the business press, I have done features on operations management & technology mostly in trade magazines. This is a fallout from my hi-tech career . . . my curriculum vitae is here.

For fun, I also write about technology & it's social impact and have published in places  such as Strange Horizons, Renaissance Magazine.  Some of this has evolved into a talk I call "Stuff - simple things that changed the world." 

Some samples of are here (warning, some are quite ancient).

 

  National Writers Union


additional photography

I do commercial photography.  If you would like to see some of that work, please visit the DERBY IMAGE GROUP.com.

Often I do editorial (events mostly) photography for newspapers & magazines.  Some samples are located at this EDITORIAL link.


other wedding related sites where you will find my link: