David Alan Harvey
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Posted by Jim Down in Arts section |
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"I got into photography when I was ten or eleven. I bought a serious camera-—a Leica IIIF—when I was 12. My parents couldn’t imagine why I would need a super camera like that. But I had been reading photography magazines and books by the classic photographers. I knew what I wanted."
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED? (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
Born in San Francisco, David Alan Harvey was raised in Virginia, and completed his undergraduate at the Richmond branch of the College of William and Mary. From there, he moved to Missouri, receiving his graduate degree from the Missouri School of Journalism. In 1969, he began to work for the “Topeka Capital-Journal” in Kansas, where he was encouraged to photograph in color. A grant from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gave him the means to pursue a wide variety of stories, including a year-long reportage of Virginia Beach.
Harvey became a staff photographer for “National Geographic”. His first essay featured the small fishermen’s island of Tangier in the Chesapeake. He was named ‘Magazine Photographer of the Year’ by the National Press Photographer’s Association in 1978. In 1986, he left the magazine’s staff to become a freelancer.
Harvey has covered stories around the world, including French teenagers, the Berlin Wall, Maya culture, Vietnam, Native Americans, Mexico and Naples. In 1979, he was largely responsible for a special issue of “National Geographic” dedicated to the National Parks of the United States. He has also reported on Tunisia, Sumatra, Kampuchea, Honduras, Dallas, Tokyo, Hanoi, Berlin, and Spain. He has shot more than 30 stories for “National Geographic” and his photographs have also appeared in “Life”, “The New York Times” and “Sports Illustrated”.
Harvey has lectured and led seminars at various universities. He has conducted various workshops, which have included the Santa Fe Workshop, the Annual Photographic Seminar in Steamboat Springs, the Eddie Adams Workshop, the Missouri Workshop and the Maine Photographic Workshop. His work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Nikon Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. His photography, ever-distinctive, stands out for its lyricism and spectacular backdrops.
He joined Magnum as an associate in 1993 and became a member in 1997. He is based in New York.
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