Jessica Cannon
I found Dan Eldon’s journals last year when I was twenty-one. To see someone my age leave such an incredible mark on the world in such a short time has been a constant source of inspiration to me. I bought my first black-bound journal when I was fifteen, a mandatory purchase meant for art class […]
Lindsay Whelchel
I wanted to share with you something I wrote to, in some small way, honor Dan and what he worked so hard for in Africa, I have read his story and am amazed at how significantly he has touched my life… it has always seemed I was heading for something.. the need to DO something, […]
Rick Laney
LIFE OVERFLOWING The Journals of Dan Eldon by Rick Laney Dan Eldon was the poster-boy for living life to its fullest. Born in England and raised in Africa, he was on a mission to experience everything the world had to offer. Even at an early age, Eldon’s art journals mirrored his own overflowing life – […]
Kelly Kilmer
Everyone needs a voice. Everyone needs a way to express themselves, something that allows themselves to “speak”. My journals are my voice. They’re the way that I express myself the most easiest, the most comfortably, the most freely. I can’t remember exactly how long ago it was that I learned of Dan Eldon, but I […]
Caroline Pitt
My name is Caroline and I am a South African seventeen year old, currently living in Singapore. I moved here at the age of ten, and within the past seven years have travelled extensively across Africa, Asia, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand. I feel privileged to live where I do and to be able […]
Speech
Todd “Speech” Thomas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 1968. He attended Clark Atlanta University and the Art Institute of Atlanta. Speech burst on the scene in 1992 like a cultural storm trooper. As the musical, political and conceptual force behind the hip-hop group, Arrested Development, he set the tone for their brand of conscious […]
Katie Ness
My name is katie, i’m from england, i’m 20 years old, and at university studying photograpy, my teacher got me interested in Dan Eldon, when he allowed me to borrow a book about Dan’s work, although i havent travelled much, and have only just started making photo journals, i would like to show you some […]
Shaun Michael Jex
Regardless of what a lot of people would like to have you think, I believe that people are generally a good lot. Yes, it’s true that humans do lots of bad things. I too watch the news. However, I don’t think violence and vice are unavoidable do to “human nature”. The world is filled with […]
Nate Williams
I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but spent the first 14 years of my life in the extremely liberal San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley). I returned to ultra-conservative Utah in high school and that is when I really realized how diverse the world was. I had a learning disability when I was young […]
Matthew Fleischer
Matthew Fleischer is a freelance writer, world traveler and the winner of the 2005 Dan Eldon Overseas Press Club Award. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and has lived and traveled widely, from New Orleans to Beijing to Cairo to Quito. He is a 2002 graduate of Tulane University with a degree in English and […]
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