Daniel Leocadi

03/13/2026

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Plate II - The Omen - Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction, Arizona This photograph was made using the historic dry plate photographic process, a silver-based technique that predates modern film and digital photography. Dry plates require careful preparation and a single exposure, encouraging a

03/13/2026

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Plate I - End Credits - Apacheland Movie Ranch, Apache Junction, Arizona This photograph was made using the historic dry plate photographic process, a silver-based technique that predates modern film and digital photography. Dry plates require careful preparation and a single exposure, encouraging

03/13/2026

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In this episode I'm shooting two dry plate collodion photographs in Apache Junction, Arizona — two locations, two completely different conversations with the...

03/10/2026

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Chiricahua National Monument is a "Sky Island"—a high-altitude fortress of rhyolite pinnacles isolated by a sea of desert. The Apache called this place Dak L...

03/10/2026

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Plate II - Chiricahua Organ Pipes This photograph was made using the historic dry plate photographic process, a silver-based technique that predates modern film and digital photography. Dry plates require careful preparation and a single exposure, encouraging a slower, more deliberate engagement w

03/02/2026

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Founded in the late 17th century and rebuilt in the 1800s, Tumacácori was part of a chain of Spanish colonial missions meant to anchor empire at the northern edge of New Spain. Unlike its better-known counterpart farther north, this mission did not survive intact. Roofs collapsed. Interiors were ex...

03/01/2026

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Mission San Xavier del Bac is Arizona’s "White Dove"—a pristine monument to Spanish Colonial history. But it has a broken sister.Sixty miles south of Tucson,...

02/19/2026

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When the Cloud Fails — Painted Rocks This photograph was made at Painted Rocks Petroglyph Site in Arizona , a place where people returned for generations to carve stories into stone. The markings vary in tone—some darker, some lighter—evidence that they were not made all at once, but layered o...

02/19/2026

Nothing is forever but some things get close.

02/17/2026

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When the Cloud Fails: What Do We Leave Behind?Out in the Arizona desert, Painted Rock is more than a landmark—it’s a physical archive. Petroglyphs carved acr...

01/22/2026

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The "Bathtub Ring" of Lake Mead is a white mineral scar marking a countdown. It is a record of what happens when the demands of the modern world outpace the resources of the natural one. For my latest project, I went to the receding shoreline with a Large Format camera and a specific goal

01/22/2026

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The "Bathtub Ring" of Lake Mead is more than an environmental marker; it is a countdown. I took my large format camera to the receding shoreline to document ...