Mike Tyson Everyone has an opinion about Mike, most are not good. When I got the call from the NYTimes Magazine that they wanted me to photograph Mike Tyson, my first thoughts were of self preservation. It so happened that the call in when I was on set photographing David Blaine, also for the Times [...]
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Kodak, RIP?
When I was growing up near Rochester NY, Kodak was a huge high tech goliath of a company. They had the brains, the science and the manufacturing where with all to do pretty much anything that could be imagined. Guess what they dreamed up? The digital camera. Yes, that is correct, Kodak invented the digital [...]
California
Having been in LA 4 years this fall, I was thinking about how I feel about it, and how it has changed me. LA is the land of possiblity, anything can happen here. People do things here just for the fun of it. There is this sort of ripe freshness to the place that makes [...]
Radio Interview-Days of Future Past With David Stewart
This Thursday at 4pm EST, I will be interviewed live on long time friend Selina Maitreya’s radio show. Here is the link.. Selina and I go way back. We have both seen the changes over the years in the photo business first hand. This is a live call in show, so feel free to participate. [...]
The Fixer
The Problem: An addictive need for my kind of subjects to photograph. The Qualifyer: Model agencies, Craig’s List, street casting, none of these are working too well. My needs are to great, the process too slow. The Solution: Find a fixer. I stopped looking for subjects, and instead found a fixer. Her job is to [...]
Jean Pierre’s house
I love these sort of shoots. I had never met JP, knew nothing about him or his buddy, and never been to his house before the moment these were shot. I like to surprise myself, I like to see what I can make out of nothing. It is like in surfing, when I am about [...]
Love it or Leave it
“Photograph what you love”. Sally Mann. “Love what you photograph” Me. Sally Mann is a genius artist. I am a successful commercial photographer. She gets to chose what she photographs. I get to chose how I feel about what I am photographing. Either way works. Related Posts:KamikazeThe ReelMichelleImages: Randy Bad w/headphones in his carMOHAVE PHOTOS
Location Apps
We flew in to NY weds on my favorite UA LAX-JFK flight (note, Charlotte Gainsbourg and posse in 1st class) for meetings and a quick editorial short. I love this town. There is nothing sexier than downtown Manhattan on a sunny day in May. Everybody is flirty, and everybody is dressed. Los Angeles is a [...]
Canon vs Nikon. In which I make chaos with my bank account.
Call it an itch, call it an irritation, but I am not feeling the love from my Canons these days. I am just really over it with the bad slow autofocus, the goofy plastic feeling bodies and the menus that must been designed by some dumb dumb washed out scientist. Sometimes we just need to [...]
Letter from a young photographer
David, Thanks for sparing time for me … What i wanted to ask you basically was that how do you get somewhere in photography ? Cause ive been a huge fan of photography ever since i was young and have done a few experiments of my own as well … Im 18 years old and [...]
About
David Harry Stewart is a photographer and director. He comes from a small town in western New York. He started taking pictures at the age of 8, first with a plastic Kodak 126, then a Polaroid Swinger. He did his first national ad campaign at age 23, then moved on to Paris to work for fashion magazines. Returning to New York he has a successful and award winning career, working for magazines like Interview, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, New York Magazine, Time and The New York Times Magazine. Agency work includes Saatchi, Deutsch, BBDO, Leo Burnett, and Ogilivy, for clients such as American Express, Nike, Coke, Corona and Bank of America. Awards include Communication Arts, The Art Directors Club, Photo District News, The Living Photograph Motion Awards, and American Photography. He splits his time between Los Angeles and New York.
