Things have been busy here with traveling and shooting jobs, thus the blog posts have been thin. Today is a night shoot, not my favorite activity, but a very modern forward looking client. I can’t say anything about what we are doing until the campaign hits in April other than to say I love being [...]
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Jane running, East River Park Track
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Images lay in my memory
Inside us are all the images we have ever seen. They lay there like a mountain in the dark, felt but not seen. When we work, we have this shared language that is not really spoken, but we all know it. Sometimes I think that pictures are not just pictures, they are links to all [...]
The Reel
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Mike Tyson and Me
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 [...]
Michelle
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Welcome to my World
What can we make today? Having too strict of a pre-conceived scenerio can feel forced versus a more organic ‘set-up’. People are comfortable if there is construct to work within, but a loose one in which they can express themselves. Even with great actors, I like to go in to the location, see what can [...]
THE WAIT IS OVER! HARDCOVER VOL 1 OF THE PORTFOLIO IS OUT.
Birthing this guy was a struggle. 10 months, endless edits, and a dozen proofs. But now its done and it rocks. Next up, Vol 2. Related Posts:KamikazeImages lay in my memoryThe ReelMike Tyson and MeMichelle
Images:Drew and Thais in the pool
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Images: Randy Bad w/headphones in his car
Randy is a very funny Iranian rapper. You don’t see too many of them around here. Shot last week on location on a rainy day in downtown Los Angeles. Light provided by a Quantum turbo handheld by my assistant Jonathan. Related Posts:The ReelMaking a Lifestyle Documentary Film: Best Coast The Sun Was So HighBest Coast [...]
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.
