Nathan Cunningham was born and raised in Davenport, IA and continues to live in the Quad Cities. As a child, Nathan always liked to be dangerous and do things that were outside of the norm. Growing up in the Quad Cities has individualized his knowledge and experiences of his environ- ment. He found new things to look at and found the true beauty held within the Quad Cities.
Growing up in his family, he was surrounded by cameras and became amused by the technology and the innovations that kept evolving. As a 7th grade student he asked his mother to take responsibility on taking pictures at the Christmas lunch. She said yes and that is how Nathan started taking photos.When he started taking photos, he didn't know what to shoot so he fell back on the action of being a skateboarder and doing the things he loved to do. Ever since he started taking action photos and photos of the adventures he's been on, he has never looked back on any other photography medium. It has always lbeen action!
As a high school student, he discovered the art department and fell in love even more with the possibilities of being a photographer. As he moved throughout high school he got many awards and was displayed in a couple art shows throughout the Quad Cities. Now a senior at Central High School, he got the honor of being accepted into the Creative Arts Academy and has been loving it since day one. It has opened so many doors for him and that is what actually opened up the relationship between L&D15 and himself.
I will be displaying a collection of photographs ranging from skateboarding action shots to landscapes showing the true beauty of the Quad Cities. As being an individual living in the Quad Cities, I have noticed a lot of hidden potential buried within the core. As time goes by and you start to look around for new things, you realize that the Quad Cities isn't so bad. It holds so much potential in terms of city life and I feel like I did I good job capturing that feel. We go to all these legendary cities throughout the United States and when you come back to the Quad Cities you feel the same emotions. The city life is in the Quad Cities and there are so many people helping it grow. Just go out and see what it has to offer! I have done these things and have captured some of my best pictures here and you can tell that in my work. Most of it will be action photos and you will see the hardships and adventures skateboarders go on just to have fun. It shows how much emotion skateboarders put in just for their sport and the dedication they put in for skateboarding. It's what we love to do and it is what we will continue to do!
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