David's photography explores the relationship between urban communities and the built environment. View a series below or visit his instagram or flickr accounts for a wide assortment of daily shots. Occasional updates are also available on his blog, twitter account and email newsletter.
Selected books include:
In addition to his photographic work, David also makes films, including The Area, a feature-length documentary about a Chicago community being displaced by a rail yard expansion.
View his curriculum vitae [PDF]
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- Continuing — The Area screenings
- March 7, 2025 — Tube Factory Artspace (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- February 14, 2025 — Still Here, National Public Housing Museum (Chicago, Illinois)
- January 18, 2025 — With Liberty and Care for All Northside Artist Lofts (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- October 24, 2024 — FotoMatter 1.0, RCTC (Rochester, Minnesota)
- September 19, 2024 — PhotoMidwest 13th Biennial Exhibtion, Arts + Literature Laboratory (Madison, Wisconsin)
- June 1, 2024 — FotoMatter Book Fair (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- January 18, 2024 — Growing Resistance, MIAD (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
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A series examining the divergent investment processes in Chicago neighborhoods. |


Selected photographs from four ongoing projects. |


A series motivated by residents' connections with place on the France-Luxembourg border. |


A series exploring the sculptural manifestations of property conflicts. |


A series expressing growing population and historical change through vernacular architecture in Buffalo, New York. |


A series exploring the systems of association and representation in the Mississippi River watershed. |


A series interpreting the character and identity of the former French mining region. |


A series exploring territoriality through the events of Eleventh Night and The Twelfth in Belfast, Northern Ireland. |


A series documenting the Chicago Housing Authority's plans to restructure the city's public housing system. |


A series exploring the diversity of affordable housing developments in New York City. |


A series documenting the life of a former freight railroad line in Chicago, Illinois. |


A series exploring the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. |


A series investigating the downtown core and suburban ring of Las Vegas, Nevada. |


A series documenting the closing of four Catholic churches and their school in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. |
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