Dana Hursey is an award-winning commercial advertising and fine art photographer.
With over three decades of high level experience producing major campaigns for companies such as Lowe’s Home Improvements, Disney, Volkswagen, Four Seasons and UnitedHealthcare, Dana has an expansive knowledge of both the industry and craft of photography.
Dana received his BFA in Photography from Art Center College of Design and is regularly
invited back as a guest lecturer and occasionally teaches selected workshops and courses.
Lighting, Composition, and storytelling are at the heart of each of his productions and is what keeps clients coming back for more.
His numerous awards include both his commercial as well as fine artwork, and he has been
featured in several one-man exhibitions both in the U.S. and abroad. Dana has been named
one of the 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide by Lürzer’s Archive Magazine. He also
received great acclaim for his 14 Days in Great Britain Documentary Series as well as his
visuals in the “Cart for a Cause” Cookbook, sponsored by Lexus, featuring 35 of L.A.’s top
chefs, and their recipes, with 100% of proceeds going to the St. Vincent Meals on Wheels Program.
Dana is also a member of American Photographic Artists (APA) and has served as its National President.
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Allergan · Allstate · American Express · Amgen · Amway · Bic · Big Daddy's Chicken Shack · Botox Cosmetic · Braille Institute · Caffe D'Amore · California Fish Grill · California Lottery · Capital Group · Chevrolet · Cigna Healthcare · Citibank · Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf · Columbia Pictures · Cup Noodles · Darling Magazine · Dean's Dip · Disney · El Monterey Foods · Exact Sciences · Fatherhood.gov · Favilli + Sfingi · First Entertainment Credit Union · Four Seasons · Genentech · GM · Google · Habit Burger Grill · HealthNet · House Ear Institute · Jordana Cosmetics · Kohl's · Le Meridien Hotels · Lexus · Los Defensores · Love Lana'i · Lowe's Home Improvement · Manduka · Marie's Market Reserve · Mastercard · Menchies · Mercedes Benz · Microsoft · Mike's Hard Lemonade · MTV · NBC Universal · New York Magazine · New York Times · Newport Beach Film Festival · Nikita Malibu · O2 Mobile · Oceanaut · Ole Smoky Moonshine · Pacific Crest · PacifiCare · Princess Cruises · Priority Records · Qwest · Research In Motion · Reviver · Roche · Rosatello Wines · Rosewood Hotels · Royer Labs · Runner's World · Samsung · San Diego Gas & Electric · Saturn · SBE Entertainment · Secure Horizons · Sparkletts · Survios · TCW · Time Books · Times Mirror · Toshiba · UnitedHealthcare · Viacom · Volkswagen · Washington Mutual · WD-40 · Web MD · Wescom · Whirlpool · Yello · Yogurtland