The biography of HD Dan Swetman, specializing in wedding photography using natural light in natural settings

Welcome to the Web site of photographer HD Swetman, specializing in wedding, portraiture and moments photography

Born in Salzburg, Austria, Dan Swetman works in a variety of media including wood sculpture, oil and chalk pastel paintings, and black and white photography. Dan's work has been partially influenced by the German expressionists of the early 20th Century, i.e., Nolde, Kirshner, Von Jawlensky and Schiele. He has works in collections in New York, Dallas, Baton Rouge and other locales.

Black & White Photography

Wedding photography, by HD Swetman HD Swetman Photography documents your story through both film and digital media, using natural settings and available light to reveal the true you, not an artificial pose. We feel that you are art, not artificial.

Dan specializes in wedding, moments, portraiture and documentary photography.

Drawings

In addition to his photography, Dan works with a combination of chalk and oil pastels, focusing primarily on the female subject. His art attempts to convey the tensions and emotions felt between woman and man. Bold colors, in both warm and cool shades, are used for skin tone while concentrating on the eyes to direct the viewer's gaze toward job or sorrow, passion or pensiveness. Click here to view Dan's oil & chalk pastels.

Sculpture

God, Mother and Child, by Dan Swetman - Mahogony, 36"H His forms are abstracted, centered around the human form. He seeks to convey an emotional tension through line or representational form that conveys the emotion under the surface we normally see. Click here to view Dan's wood sculptures.

Exhibits and Awards

University of Mobile Art with a Southern Drawl (1999)
University of Mobile Art with a Southern Drawl - Award of Merit (2000)
Project Harmony Competition and Exhibition (1999)
Louisiana Art & Artist's Guild (LAAG) - River Road Show, Honorable Mention (1999)
LAAG - Winter Judged Show, Honorable Mention (1999)
LAAG - All Media Show, 2nd Place (2000)
Pensacola Museum of Art - Artist within a 100 mile radius of New Orleans (2000)
Zigler Museum, Juried Exhibition Honorable Mention (2002)
One Man's Work: An Exhibition of Photography, Paintings and Scupture (2004) (view the advertisement)

Mediums

Photography: B&W and color, film and digital
Sculpture: Wood
Pastels: Oil and Chalk

Press and Publications

Dan Swetman has been the subject of articles in a variety of press and publications, such as The Baton Rouge Advocate (article written by Anne Price) and City Social. His work also appeared on the cover of the January, 2001 edition of Country Roads Magazine.

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