The South Dakota Art Museum will present "Over a Hundred Thousand Images Later: Dan Kane, a Retrospective" from June 28 to September 28, 2025. The exhibition showcases the career of Dan Kane, a South Dakota-born photographer who has lived in Berlin for decades, featuring his analog black-and-white photographs that explore the male nude and South Dakota landscapes. Curated by Hunter O'Hanian, the show includes works from 1987 onward and is supported by anonymous and named sponsors.
This retrospective matters because it brings a native son's internationally developed artistic practice back to his home state, highlighting the enduring power of analog photography in a digital age. Kane's work, rooted in classical design principles and focused on form and shadow, offers a dialogue between the human figure and the natural landscape, making a case for photography as a fine art medium worthy of sustained attention.