Daniel Traub

His work can be found in public and private collections, such as the Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Traub's work has also appeared in publications including Aperture, European Photography and The New York Times Magazine.

• Name — Daniel Traub • Born — 1971 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States • Education — Sarah Lawrence College School of Visual Arts • Known for — Photography, Filmmaking • Website — danieltraub.net

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.

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 and 2013, North Philadelphia combines images of dilapidated homes, vacant lots, and street corners with portraits of the residents. Traub's North Philadelphia has inspired the film Night Comes On to play in Philadelphia.

Little North Road is a photographic collaboration that looks at a pedestrian bridge in the middle of Guangzhou. 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.

• Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2007 (Two-person exhibition) • FotoFest, Houston, TX, 2008 (Two-person exhibition) • Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008 • Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2010 • Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China, 2011 • Bluesky Gallery, Portland, OR, 2012 • Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 • Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China, 2017/18

• Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, CA, 2016 • SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, 2016 • James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, 2016 • Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain, 2016/2017 • SCoP Shanghai Center of Photography, China, 2017 • Guangzhou Image Triennial, Guangzhou, China, 2017/18 • Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, 2019 • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2021