I moved to Ottawa in 2002 to study journalism at Carleton University and I was introduced to photojournalism in my fourth-year credit at Centretown News, where we produced an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper serving the downtown core.

My first regular freelance assignments came from the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Magazine.

From community, municipal, provincial, national and international news coverage, the move from one to the next felt natural and inevitable in a political hub like Ottawa.

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

I’ve been affiliated with Carleton U as a photojournalism instructor for nearly two decades.

My interest in street photography influences my editorial eye, and vice versa. Look out for a Street category on my website soon.

You can find my socials and email at the bottom of the page, and reach me there any time.

-David