Dave Jordano (b. 1948, Detroit, Michigan) received a BFA in photography from the College for Creative Studies in 1974, and subsequently established a successful commercial photography studio in Chicago. As a mid-career fine art photographer,

Jordano has exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is included in the permanent collection of several private, corporate, and museum institutions, most notably the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Detroit Historical Museum, The Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, the Harris Bank Collection, and the Federal Reserve Bank. His current project titled, “Detroit: Unbroken Down” documents the cultural and societal changes of his hometown of Detroit and will be published by PowerHouse Books in the fall of 2015. Jordano lives in Chicago, Illinois.