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The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Tel. 956-6100 Cable: Modernart NO. 93
F O R R E L E A S E :
NOVEMBER 1, 1973

​”UNFAMILIAR PLACES   A MESSAGE FROM BILL DANE”

​   Eighty slides , reproducing a selection of the photographic postcards
made and mailed by Bill Dane in the past three y e a r s during his t r a v e l s
around the country and abroad, will be on view at The Museum of Modern
Art from November 1 through January 6, 1974.
Unfamiliar Places: A Message from Bill Dane was selected by John
Szarkowski, Director of the Museum's Department of Photography, from
about 1500 cards recording the photographer's personal observations of Paris, Oakland, Point Richmond, Las Vegas, Baton Rouge, Little Rock and other points of interest, which he sent to about 100 people.
His subjects include public monuments, landscapes, street facades, houses, views of metropolitan centers and of small towns. His trips generally last from a couple of days to a week. The message consists of a written comment on the back of these cards as well as the picture. "One reason I like to move to shoot is that it's often easier to appreciate the subtle humor in someone else's environment" he wrote on one card (13 May 73). And, earlier, "Needless to say I'm on the road with none of the flair and esprit of Kerouac or Frank, just plugging away at the edge of historical monumentalia. Hot dog​ & Whooppeee & Howl​." (1 F e b . 73).
William Thacher Dane was born in Pasadena, California, in 1938.
He studied at the University of California at Berkeley where he received
his B. A. in Political Science and Art in 1964 and his M. A. in Painting in 1968.
From 1966 until 1972 [1998] he taught painting, sculpture, art history and
photography at Berkeley High School. He began to take photographs in 1970 and that same year he included photographs along with his painting and sculpture in a one-man show in San Francisco . In 1972 the Oakland Art
Museum exhibited his work in an exhibition called "Mailed Photo Cards."
Dane's work has also been exhibited at the Richmond Art Center in Richmond, California, where he lives, and at Hofstra University, Long Island. In 1967, Mr. Dane won the Lodi Painting Annual in Lodi, California. In 1973 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in photography.

Photographs and additional information available from Elizabeth Shaw, Director,
Department of Public Information, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53 St.,
New York, NY 10019. Telephone: (212) 956-7501 or 956-7504.

Bill Dane


I cant remember anything we did together as a family...
except drinking adult BBQs ... we played around
mother always drove us kids to Ojai 
I remember only one family dinner - I figured out how to get rid of the dry spinach in my mouth
not a complaint!

Bill Dane


with new hips  +funkykneesback  +finishing book  +my usual level headed depression  +covid
I retired to NancyHomeGarden
+political reposting +website editing  +novels and a CPAP-we sleep like baby-elephants
i can still drive to your Q,no, P Gardens with EYES WIDE OPEN?!

Bill Dane


Olga Tokarczuk 
Feels to write like no other
Translation immaculate
Flights: for sure   not
Weaving wholes

Bill Dane


I have spent my morning engaging with your website. 
I believe I ventured into every page. 
This website feels to me like the accurate manifestation—and display—of what your photo-personal-being is.
It's very much in tune with what you do, and have done, and seems to be exactly what it should be at this point in time. 
This is a giant pool of insight and pleasure. 
No information or page(s) are superfluous.
Knowing you, this website will continue to see minor and possibly major modifications.
However, for what it is in the here and now, it seems to be as close to perfect as can be.
Happy to comment or respond to questions you may have about it.

Bill Dane