David Wright is an advertising and editorial photographer specializing in location, portrait, and lifestyle photography. He is currently based in Maine and New York, and finds great joy in photographing quietly, especially along the ocean and in the countryside of Maine. Photography is his passion.
David recently returned from Alebtong, Uganda, where he spent two months photographing for A River Blue, a non-profit arts empowerment project for the children of formerly internally-displaced persons camps in Northern Uganda. This work will be online in August 2009 and will be able to be seen in-person at the Chelsea Art Museum in November 2009.
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Biography
1983 Born, Syracuse, New York
2009 Resides, Syracuse, New York
Education
2006 Rochester Institute of Technology, BFA with Honors in Photojournalism, 3.41 GPA, Dean's List
Rochester Institute of Technology, Minor with Honors in Creative Writing
Professional Experience
2009 A River Blue, Photographer and Instructor, Alebtong, Uganda
2007-2009 Pause, to Begin, Co-Founder, Cushing, Maine
2007-2008 Maine Media Workshops, Instructor, Rockport, Maine
2006-2008 John Paul Caponigro Instructor, Assistant, Printer, Archivist, Cushing, Maine
2007 Waterfall Arts Center, Co-Curator, Belfast, Maine
2006 Joyce Tenneson, Assistant, Printer, Rockport, Maine
Maine Media Workshops, Digital Service Bureau Manager, Teaching Assistant, Rockport, Maine
2005 Money Magazine, Photography Department Intern, New York, New York
National Heart Gallery Project, Photographer, Rochester, New York
Group Exhibitions
2009 Chelsea Art Museum, A River Blue (note: exhibition October 2009), New York, New York
2008 Aarhus Gallery, Architectura, Belfast, Maine
Assymetrick Arts, Toys, Dreams, and Nostalgia, Rockland, Maine
Assymetrick Arts, Routines in Times of Change, Rockland, Maine
2007 Waterfall Arts Center, Summer Photography Exhibition, Belfast, Maine
The Laila Lounge Gallery, From North to South, Brooklyn, New York
Boothbay Railway Village, Maine Photography Show, Boothbay, Maine
2006 Waterfall Arts Center, Winter Photography Exhibition, Belfast, Maine
Rochester Institute of Technology, Honors Show, Rochester, New York
2005 Gallery R, National Heart Gallery Project, Rochester, New York
Rochester Institute of Technology, Honors Show, Rochester, New York
Rochester Institute of Technology, Best of Photojournalism, Rochester, New York
Selected Publications
2009 Wall Street Journal, Crazy-Quilt Jobless Programs Help Some More Than Others, Fryeburg, Maine
2008 Flash Forward, Emerging Photographers 2008, Toronto, Canada
2006 Nostalgia, hand bound artist's book in edition of 10, Rochester, New York
I moved to Maine the day after I graduated college in May 2006. A good friend who was a year ahead of me in college, Kate Izor, went to Maine and liked it there. If it was good enough for her it was good enough for me, I thought. She and I were both right, but I give her all the credit. I’ll have to tell her next time I see her.
I started working at the Maine Photographs Workshops (now Maine Media Workshops) as the Digital Service Bureau Manager; fancy title. In reality I was responsible for running a usually flawless digital lab, making sure everything was as close to perfect as possible, and overseeing 3 wonderful employees, all of which became great friends.
The position was seasonal and I wanted to stay in Maine, so when John Paul Caponigro and his wife, Ardie, came to teach at the Workshops, I made sure ...