David is a photographer and contemporary artist who has been active in in the field of photography since age 7, and has been making computer art for over 9 years. His training includes fine art, graphic design, film, and video. He graduated from NYU with a BFA in film and television production. He studied fine art black and white printing with George Tice and traveled to Yellowstone National Park with The International Center of Photography. He studied computer art and graphic design at Pratt, Parsons, and The School of Visual Arts. To view David's resume, click here. For a photograph of David, click here (photo credit: Enid Alvarez, 2001).

He has been showing photography and computer art since 1979, mostly in the New York area. He first appeared in group shows and later in solo exhibitions. Some of the galleries include Get Real Art, The Vincent Louis Gallery, The Soho Photo Gallery, The Neikrug Gallery, The 80 Washington Square East Gallery, The Fine Art Museum of Long Island, Art Bar, Fresch Restaurant, LifeVisions Gallery, The "12 Chairs" Cafe, Solo Arts, Inc., and The Multimedia Arts Gallery.

"All my life, I've been interested in people. Ever since I picked up my first Brownie camera, I was obsessed to document the perfect role model. First I worked with my friends and neighbors. As an adolescent, photographed friends in portraiture. In college, I began creating nude studies of females. Even at 43, I continue my search. The search enables me to be alive".

"I believe my total creative process is like love. The visual art that is produced evokes a positive energy in others. This phenomenon is very profound to me and I don't doubt its power for an instant. It is truly amazing to find oneself through his or her own creative process".

"I produce imagery for advertising, book covers, and product design that is informative and aesthetically pleasing to the senses".

"My mission is to sweep away yesterday, and bring you into the now so that your tomorrow is revitalized. My intent is to send you somewhere else; to shock you into love; to inspire; to mess with taboos; to encourage you to rethink, relove, reimagine, reconnect, reinterpret. I visualize, create, embody, colorize. I digitalize your eyes".

"When one is capable of treating others with respect and compassion, is when that person can be truly happy. That happiness brings about creativity in us. It is shared. This creativity will enable us to achieve true love that is free of all attachments, expectations, burdens of society, conditions, judgements or assumptions. When we attain this state of freedom is when we can transcend to a more beautiful and profoundly loving place in ourselves and in the world".

"Currently I am looking to generate more interest in digital art and design in fine art, as well as commercial applications. I think my art embodies all I express and tries to communicate its message to all those who experience it".

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