Daniel Sutherland

Daniel Sutherland’s photographs present fossilized frames of Nantucket Island’s majestic nature. For its visitors it represents a moment in time and for its inhabitants the poetry of a precious and protected place unlike most on the planet. Yet, this aesthetic appeals universally as tableaus of contemplation that are not merely nostalgic, rather contemporary formal representations. Sutherland has been capturing Nantucket for over two decades, his lens in synchronicity with its changing values and reverence to its past.

Through photography—expressing the contemplative nature of the artist’s gaze upon the land and seascapes—we are immersed in fragility and exhilaration when faced with grandeur beyond our intellectual and emotional understanding, speaking to our most basic senses and our humanity. The work engages our collective need to discover forgotten paradises that we are reminded daily are disappearing. The artist’s narrative speaks to an inner voyage that expands outward into hope for the future.

Sutherland’s Proustian patience and search for lost time is translated pictorially through a world without figuration, where the artist’s narrative is projected on his environment. This poetry is one of reverence to light, temp...

Daniel studied photography at The Art Institute of Boston and The Maine Media Workshops at Rockport College. He studied Creative Vision with Craig Stevens and Digital Photography with John Paul Caponigro. He has exhibited throughout the region and has contributed to regional and national publications. Daniel is a long standing member of the Artists Association of Nantucket, served on and is currently an Advisor to the Board of Directors.

His work is in many collections across the country and Europe. Collections include, Fidelity Investments, Bain Capital, Folger Hill Asset Management and Cambridge Savings Bank.

Annual solo exhibitions on Nantucket through my local representation.

I enjoy a strong sales record in the Nantucket market.