BIO

I moved to Ottawa in 2002 to attend journalism school at Carleton University.

I was formally introduced to photojournalism while working at Centretown News, which was a credit in the journalism program as well as a biweekly newspaper serving Ottawa’s downtown community.

My first regular freelance assignments came from the Ottawa Citizen newspaper and Ottawa Magazine. Sad to note how the former has since cut its freelance budget while the latter has been shuttered.

From community to municipal to provincial, national and international news coverage, the jump from one to the next while working in a political hub like Ottawa felt both necessary and inevitable.

After 20 years in the news industry I’ve had the privilege of working directly with clients such as The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia, Maclean’s, The Walrus, The Logic, The Canadian Press, Vice, The Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg Business.

Throughout my career I’ve stayed attached to Carleton University as a photojournalism instructor.

My interest in street photography is longstanding and has probably always flavoured my editorial work, hence the Street category on this website.

While this space features a curated selections of my work, I update on Instagram more regularly.

Reach me by email any time, and thanks for visiting.

-David