A wonderful way to wrap up the year… We took home both a Gold and Category Winner of the Year award at the New York Photo Awards for our image entitled “Practice”. This was a wonderful collaboration with Luminous Creative Imaging. We are in the process of working on some new visuals with them and hope to be able to share them soon! But in the meantime hop over to the NYPA website and check out all of the other great awarded imagery! Thanks NYPA ..read more

Thrilled to be teaming up with Image Rights and Artists Management Association to discuss Copyright Registration and IR’s Lightroom Plugin for simplified registration. Join us on Tuesday November 14th, 2023 at 2:00pm (Pacific) for this informative panel discussion and demo. Register Here ..read more

Friends in Deed is a Pasadena based Non-Profit, that supplies Food, Shelter, and Support to the community.    On June 23rd they had a fundraising event that they branded “Cooking for a Cause”. In partnership with ICE (Institute of Culinary Education) the local culinary academy, they created a “Top Chef” styled cooking competition where student teams would create unique dishes from only food available at the Friends in Deed Food Pantry. All six teams got the same ingredients and created completely unique main dish / dessert pairings that were then judged by two notable Pasadena C ..read more

UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has always been dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making the health system work better for everyone. They serve millions of people anywhere from early years to retirement and on. When it came to digital collateral and advertising, the UHC team lacked a comprehensive selection of imagery for advertising, direct marketing, internal communications and digital media assets and called in the Dana Hursey team to help. Effective & Efficient With UnitedHealthcare’s needs in mind, the ultimate goal was not only to have them walk away with added-value and ..read more

Thrilled that my image of an Old Fashioned has been selected as a Silver Award Winner in this year’s TIFA’s (Tokyo International Foto Awards). There are some really wonderful images in this years selection! You should absolutely take a moment to check out the full Winner’s Gallery ..read more

Old Fashioned Oh my.. Now I am just blushing… 2023 is starting off with a big win.. Our image of an iconic Old Fashioned was just awarded a Graphis Gold! Graphis is an institution among publications and it is a HUGE honor to be included in this years Annual. I created this image with stylist Alice Arato (along with a few other cocktail images) and am bowled over by the numerous accolades it has garnered. You can soak in all of the other winning imagery over at the Graphis Website ..read more

Last month I was Thrilled to find out that my personal project “Practice” had been honored yet again , this time by being included in the American Photographic Artists – San Francisco Chapter’s Juried Exhibition – “Something Personal”. Over 800 images were submitted and 100 were selected for the final exhibit. A multi-location opening night took place at several SF studios as well as a virtual component online. You can view the Top Winning Images as well as the slideshow of all of the selected photos here. Thanks Much to APA-SF AND of course the generous jurors!!! “Practice ..read more

In September of 2021 I was invited to give a presentation as part of Frank Meo’s “Projections” series. Frank has been running theses for longer than I can remember, though they originally started as in person events in NYC. These days they are virtual events, which of course allows for a wider participation and results in an amazing archive of incredible interviews. Be sure to check out the vast wealth of presentations on his YouTube Channel ..read more

Clockwise from left: Rebecca Grant, Art Streiber, Dana Hursey We’ll be heading down to San Diego on the 12th to participate in Untitled 2022! Please join us to celebrate the artists at the one-night-only exhibition on Saturday, November 12th, 2022 at Bread & Salt Gallery in the Brick Room. The top three (3) images will be announced and awarded prizes. See all competition entries shown in a rotating slideshow, sip craft beer, and support the photo community. Our APA chapter will donate 20% of the contest entry proceeds to The Gordon Parks Foundation in support ..read more

Okay, I guess it is nice to see that even after years and years and years, you can still set new records for yourself. Last week we officially shot in the smallest confines of my career (so far… ). We were tapped to shoot a rebrand of a mobile food provider and had to catch them on the go in Los Angeles, as they were about to leave town. The challenge? To photograph their entire menu on location with the facilities provided. Specifically a 7’x15′ container – THANK GOD for air conditioning! It ended up being me, the food stylist, and ONE assistant (because there was not ROOM for a second or a D ..read more