Dan Udell

Dan Udell is a modern-day Renaissance Man, spanning the worlds of science and technology as well as writing, music, photography and videography. A lover of nature from early childhood, Udell grew up in the now populated suburb of Westchester, NY, when ancient farms covered the landscape. Long hikes and bike trips introduced him to the wonders of the natural world.

His career included studies of the sciences, where he graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY with degrees in physics and mathematics. He combined those interests with a passion for writing at IBM, where he was a science and technology writer for many years. He was IBM’s chief spokesperson for all its products; worked with famed photographer, Henri Cartier Bresson on a photo essay, “Man and Machine;” worked with John Sculley, past Apple CEO on a major IBM/Apple/Motorola alliance; explained the inner workings, to the press, of IBM computers on Space Shuttle during its first four launches at Cape Canaveral, and created many worldwide announcements, photo and video landmarks, now residing at MIT’s Museum and San Franciso’s Exploratorium, among others.

He teamed up with his wife, Mary Udell to help curate art exhibits for her exciting, and peripatetic, Sound Shore gallery in the New York and Connecticut area, and was also represented in many one-person and group shows of photography. His photographs are represented in the collections of PepsiCo, GE, Merrill Lynch, Benerofe Properties and other corporations and private holdings.

His new book, “Lucy and Max,” looks at a very unusual pairing of the canine and avian worlds, a relationship he observed during his walks with Dan and Mary’s dog, “Inky.” It was an inexplicable goose and dog alliance, but still true and lasting.