My art practice began in 1996 when I was working for a non-profit organization in Camden NJ. The photographic medium became a means of documenting the deterioration of the inner city and the economic, and systematic discrimination within one of the world’s richest economies. The experience in Camden still influences my art practice today. From early on my work has looked at societal values, as expressed through symptoms and patterns of individuals. More specifically, storage and values within our desire to store are important aspects of my work. There are noticeable parallels between storage and the photograph. The photograph documents – perhaps “stores” the valuable, memorable, or hidden. By using the photographic medium, there then becomes an added layer to my work surrounding storage. In early projects including the series, ”Healing”, I approached the governmental philosophy of treating mental disabilities, by photographing the deterioration of the large facilities used to “store” and manage people with mental disabilities. In 2007, the series “Storage” uses typographical photographs of storage facility doors to question our need for storage, what we store, and draw attention to structures and systems of storage that are becoming more visible in our city as our need for storage increases. By bringing attention to individual subject matter, I’m interested in what the repetition and subtle distinctions communicate about the values and patterns found in society. What do we value and consider important? More recent works address issues of privacy, personal storage and property, and individualism amidst globalization. In the work, “Plot” I examine the ways in which we delineate our property through the subtle use of landscape. How far do we push the lawnmower? How far do we rake the leaves? Regardless of the condition of our relationship with those around us, we always draw lines to how far we will go. The series, “Boundary”, investigates the loss of character and individualism in an economic system that advertises individualism but creates assimilation. New works examine the increasing blurred line between the natural and unnatural, the construction industry as an economic thermometer, and fence building. www.danielderegt.com Daniel graduated from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in May 2007. His works have been exhibited in several shows including “Pictures From an Institution” 2006, “After The Fact” 2007, “Vancouver Altered” On The Rise, Granville St., Vancouver, and “The Idea of Containment” Campbell River Art Gallery 2010. Daniel’s works have been collected privately both in Canada and the USA. Daniel currently resides and practices in Greater Vancouver, BC.