“Everyone is an Absolute Miracle of Being”

Paul Dahlquist

Art has always been a part of my life. Painting and drawing were my media and my identity as an artist through the 1960s, my thirties. Family, with three sons, and teaching dominated he next 20 years.

Making Decisions for the Book

The opportunity to teach photography classes provoked some serious study and work in this medium, which quickly became my real form of expression. How natural to show what I see, and how vulnerable.

Paul with Michael Mckinney

Working in 35mm with Ilford HP5 film shot at 1600ASA using a Cannon OES 300 with a 28-80 zoom lens, I care to celebrate the miracle we all are. These images may help people to accept themselves and each other and make this world safer, saner and more just!

Young Paul as a Hunky Model

Sincerely,
Paul Dahlquist

Since 1989 Paul Dahlquist has been represented by Benham Galleries in Seattle Washington and is a founding member of Gallery 114 in Portland Oregon, where he now lives and works.