Mike Strauss Band, Charlotte, NC, September 27, 2020

Mike Strauss Band

Mint Museum Randolph

Charlotte, NC

September 27, 2020

All photos copyright 2020 Daniel Coston

Photo Tips From Me, And Other Photographers

I'm apparently a top photographer in town. So says this cool article from the Mint Museum. The real highlight, however, is to get a picture of Jan Barley published in a museum's publication. Your story goes on, Jan.

https://mintmuseum.org/at-home-photography/ 

-Daniel
April 30, 2020

Mercury Carter Photos, Charlotte, NC, December 4, 2019

Mercury Carter
Mint Museum
Charlotte, NC
December 4, 2019
All photos copyright 2019 Daniel Coston

-Daniel
December 5, 2019

Andre Leon Talley And Friends, Charlotte, NC, April 28, 2018

Andre Leon Talley And Friends
Mint Museum Gala
Charlotte, NC
April 28, 2018
Photo copyright 2018 Daniel Coston

-Daniel
May 2, 2018

Mint Museum Latin Music Night Photos, Charlotte, NC, October 18, 2017

Mint Museum Latin Music Night
Mint Museum
Charlotte, NC
October 19, 2017
All photos copyright 2017 Daniel Coston

-Daniel
October 22, 2017

Victoria Wyeth Photos, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, March 29, 2017

Victoria Wyeth
Mint Museum
Charlotte, NC
March 29, 2017
All photos copyright 2017 Daniel Coston

-Daniel
April 5, 2017

My Presentation At The Mint Museum From This Past Sunday

Words From Other Voices

You arrive somewhere, and you see someone in different dress than your own. A costume from another time, something from the past. And you say to yourself, "Oh, they're pretending to be somebody else." Someone removed from what we know as the present tense. Too easily, the clothes and manners of the past can seem quaint, or removed from our day-to-day understandings of life. However, distance does not dilute the experience of human expression. Whether they are displaying joy, or in mourning, when we slip into another role, we are using someone else's voice to speak for ourselves.

When we take on the story of someone else's life, a part of our own personality speaks through the character. We may never fully know what it was like to step onto a Civil War battlefield, but we are fully aware of the minefields that we all deal with in our own lives. In stepping into another world, we push ourselves closer to something, or someone that interests us. Yet we are also stepping away for the moment from our own battlefields, and giving ourselves the chance to breathe and reflect on what is happening around us. Then, and now.

The wish to communicate through other means has always been with us. We write when we want to communicate, sing when we cannot talk, or pick up a camera when we are unable to articulate what we see happening around us. We can look out over the past, but it also helps us to understand the present. We may be speaking words from other voices, but they do, in so many ways, echo the sounds and visions of our own lives. Now, and in the future and past to come.

photos and text by Daniel Coston

Reminder About Mint Museum Event I'm Part Of This Sunday

This Sunday (June 29th), I'll be taking part in the final event for the Bearing Witness exhibit at the Mint Museum Randolph. I'll be exhibiting and presenting four new photos, along with several other local photographers. The event is from 3 to 5pm. Thanks, and I hope to see you all there.
-Daniel
June 23, 2014

Mint Museum Event I'll Be A Part Of June 29th

http://www.mintmuseum.org/happenings/405/bearing-witness-seeing-through-the-lens-of-charlotte-photographers

-Daniel
June 2, 2014

My Public Event Schedule For June. See You On The Road

June 12th. Charlotte Museum Of History, 6pm. Free event where I'll speak about the music scene in North Carolina during the 1960s. June 20th. Mast General Store, Boone, NC. 1 to 3pm. North Carolina Musicians book signing. June 21st. Neighborhood Theatre. NC 1960s book second edition release party. MC'ed by yours truly. With the Mannish Boys, Good Bad & The Ugly (GBU), Young Ages, and Thee Dirtybeats. $15. June 29th. Bearing Witness event, 3 to 5pm. Mint Museum Randolph. Rescheduled from last week. I'll be exhibiting photos, and presenting a short speech about the photos.

-Daniel
May 5, 2014

My Work At Mint Museum Randolph This Wednesday, April 30th

Hello All-

I wanted to let you know about my involvement in a Mint Museum event this Wednesday, April 30th. Myself and several local photographers have been asked by the Mint to contribute to a night celebrating their Bearing Witness show. All of us involved were asked to shoot something that complimented the work of the New York Photo League, which Bearing Witness delves into. I shot four pieces for the show, and wrote an introduction. Unfortunately, I will be out of town on Wednesday night, but please come by the Mint Museum Randolph Road location, and check out these works, which will be the first time that my work will be featured in either Mint location. Thanks.

-Daniel

http://www.mintmuseum.org/happenings/405/bearing-witness-seeing-through-the-lens-of-charlotte-photographers