self portrait, 4x5 paper negative contact print

Danielle Quenell is a writer and photographer from deep in the Rocky Mountains, now based in the Pacific Northwest. Working entirely in film and traditional darkroom/historical/alternative processes, her photographs are slow but purposeful.

Danielle’s work aims to transcend the specific moment of its creation and make visible the unseen aspects of our shared reality: dreams, death, the mystery of consciousness. Her photographs are not moments captured, but rather scenes constructed to represent internal experiences.

By embracing the limitations of antique equipment— and often working in found or discontinued film and paper stock— every photograph is an exercise in deliberate slowness, decay and imperfection.