Featured: Issue 15.3, Dan Fenstermacher

Featured: Issue 15.3, Dan Fenstermacher, @danfenstermacher Every year, @SVCREATES recognizes the region’s finest early-career artists through the Content Emerging Artist Award. These artists are committed to developing their art forms and enriching the greater Santa Clara County region with exhibitions, performances, presentations, and service. Featured in upcoming Issue 15.3, “Perform,” photographer and photography professor Dan Fenstermacher is one of three 2023 Content Emerging Artists receiving $5,000 to continue the development of his art form in addition to being recognized for his unique artistic vibrancy. Originally from Seattle, Washington, Dan obtained a bachelor’s degree in advertising from the University of Idaho before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in marketing. While there, he realized that advertising has less to do with creative ad concepts and more with market research, data analysis, and spreadsheets. Dan recalls, “I started taking photography classes through a local community college while doing those advertising jobs.” Dan went on to use his community college photo credits to teach fine art in China, aided by student translators. Later, he enrolled in a graduate photography program at San Jose State University. Dan’s photography is rooted in detail and captures reality at the core of often misunderstood situations. “I have always been an observer,” he says. “I tend to notice things that most people wouldn’t consider. I like to combine street photography with journalistic documentary themes.” The 2023 SVCREATES Content Emerging Artist Award winners will be celebrated at the Content Magazine Pick-Up Party on Friday, May 19, in conjunction with West Valley College’s Cilker Art + Design Expo. https://bit.ly/pickupparty153 Pre-order issue 15.3 “Perform” Summer 2023 Out 63rd issue! https://bit.ly/153perform Thank you, Partners! @westvalleycollege @wvccilkersoad @filcoevents @ShakaBrewing @Bar.goodtime ________________ Written by David E. Valdespino Jr. @thedaveed Photography by Daniel Garcia @thecultivator @redladdertheatre @svcreates #Contentmag #Content #Magazine #Contentemergingartist #contentemergingartistaward #photo #photography #imagery #education #arts #siliconvalley