Thanks for stopping by. Nicholas (Nick) Dantzer is a photographer based in Boston, Massachusetts. His work frequently explores the contemporary American landscape through themes of place, memory, identity, and the built environment. Attuned to the enduring significance of everyday places and their communities, his photographic perspective is informed by personal experience and extensive travels throughout the United States.
Dantzer's interest in exploring and documenting these environments was shaped by his upbringing in Michigan, both within the small communities of the American Midwest and in the urban and suburban contexts of Detroit and Flint. Coming of age from the 1980s through the early 2000s, he witnessed the social and economic transformations associated with deindustrialization and its effects on these communities and throughout the region. These experiences continue to inform his photographic practice, as he approaches his subjects with curiosity and affection, drawing attention to overlooked places and inviting viewers to reconsider conventional notions of beauty, cultural significance, and the meaning of place.
Dantzer's work has received national and international recognition, including selection for Photolucida's Critical Mass Top 50 and CENTER's Review Santa Fe, and a Gold Medal at the Vienna International Photo Awards, among others.
Exhibitions + Recognition
2026: Photolucida, Critical Mass 2026, selected as a Top 50 Finalist in the international juried photography competition.
2026: CENTER, Review Santa Fe, selected to participate in the prestigious juried international photography portfolio review.
2026: reFocus Awards, Color Photography Contest, Bronze Award, Architecture category.
2026: FLOAT Photo Magazine, Good Impactful Photography, curated group exhibition and accompanying photography publication.
2025: Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, 11th International Open Call Exhibition, juried group exhibition (Jurors: Zora J Murff and Rana Young), Providence, Rhode Island.
2025: Fine Art Photography Awards, Honorable mention, Architecture category, for Gaspé.
2024: FlakPhoto, editorial feature by founder and curator Andy Adams.
2023: Vienna International Photo Award (VIEPA), Gold Medal, Travel Photography category.
2022: Montgomery Photo Festival, juried group exhibition (Juror: Anna Walker Skillman), Montgomery, Alabama.
2022: Everything Is Narrative and Investigations in Infrastructure, curated photography book publications by Subjectively Objective, with associated group exhibitions in Detroit, Michigan
2021: Black Box Gallery, Color: Photography Now, juried group photography exhibition, Portland, Oregon.
2020: Observations in the Ordinary, curated photography book publication by Subjectively Objective, with an associated group exhibition in Detroit, Michigan.