Buffalo is one of my favorite cities, with its amazing architectural history, telescope houses, and activist culture.

Earlier this summer, I returned to France to continue working on my Hauts-de-France Mining Basin project and to present at a conference about resilience strategies. While there, I photographed throughout the region, including at high-profile coal mine redevelopment sites.

I was in Los Angeles for a couple of days last week to screen The Area at the Urban Affairs Association annual meeting and then prepare for our screening at the Echo Park Film Center. I didn’t have much time to make new work, but I was able to set aside a couple of hours to get out into the city.

The beginning of 2019 has been full of photographic and film events, but I'd like to pause and share details from my three exhibitions in Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Chicago.

After years of steadily developing several long-term projects, 2018 was the year many of them dramatically changed. The Area is out in the world; my Hauts-de-France work is exhibiting; so many other projects are evolving. With those big changes in mind, here's a recap of my work on major projects in 2018, a few highlights from smaller projects, and a little looking ahead to 2019.

  
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• The Cactus Club hosted an online conversation and fundraiser entitled "Place and Underground Culture in Milwaukee: A Roundtable Discussion on The City Creative" with members of Call Me Lightning, Fidel Verdin, Shelly McClone-Carriere, Michael Carriere, and David, moderated by Kelsey Kaufmann.
• On February 23, the Chicago Public Library hosted an online discussion with the LGNSQ Book team, including Ines Bellina, Joerg Metzner, Khloe Karova, and David. Details are in the library's calendar.
• The Area is streaming on the PBS/WORLD Channel program America ReFramed through the end of February 2021.
• On January 19, David presented in the Chicago Architecture Biennial's first event of 2021, "Devising Long-term Initiatives to Shape Equitable Futures."
• Exhibit Columbus named David a 2020-2021 Photography Fellow, for which he will be building on the year's theme of "New Middles: From Main Street to Megalopolis, What is the Future of the Middle City?"
• A group of David's photographs from Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania are included in the Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-De-France's LaBOX#1 installation throughout the city of Douchy-les-Mines, France.
• David and Amanda Williams' new collaboration, "20-16-215-002-0000," is showing in Catherine Edelman Gallery's new exhibition, "Photography & _____."
• PLATFORM published David's photo essay on Minneapolis's changing streetscape after the murder of George Floyd.
• MONU's new issue, "Affordable Urbanism," features David's series Affordable Housing in New York.
• The Italian arts and design journal Area published work from Isolated Building Studies as part of its recent Chicago issue.
• Michael Carriere and David presented about participatory design, community engagement, and pedagogy at Schools of Thought: Rethinking Architectural Pedagogy in early March.