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David Finkelstein photographer

New York City is a fascinating place, especially when viewed through the viewfinder of a camera. I was born and raised here and I don't think I can remember a time in my childhood when there wasn’t a camera nearby. My father was always pointing a camera at one thing or another—usually us. We were a big family. I had three brothers and a sister, but no dog. I wanted a golden retriever. We had a lot of birds though—two parrots and thirty-one canaries; now, I’ve got one orange tabby.

I remember that I was always so excited to see how the photos my dad took would turn out, especially when I'd had a turn at holding the camera. The place that developed the film would bind the photos for us. They had little silver covers and an elastic band at the top, and each photo had two grooves at the top so the band could hold them all together. We were never allowed to touch any of the photos—they always had to be shown to us by a grownup.

When I was eight, my father brought home an IBM computer. Finding out how it worked eventually became my motivation for going to Brooklyn College in the spring of ‘98. I studied programming, which led to web design, which led to Graphic Design and back to photography. I shot architecture in black and white and developed my own film back then. Recently, I've been experimenting with natural subjects: flowers, plants, trees, water, and candid shots of people.

I have always had an interest in photography. I love the idea of seeing things from another point of view, reinterpreting, and reconstructing them. There’s something special about a well-taken photograph. It grabs you, steals your breath, drawing it out in a long ‘oooh’ of approval. Each photo tells a unique story. For me, the fun lies in finding new ways to photograph those stories and transform the mundane into art.

Awards

Bird Bath
Selected for exhibition in 2011 as part of a Curate NYC online exhibition by guest curator Michael L. Royce; Executive Director, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).

Selected for exhibition in 2011 as part of a Curate NYC online exhibition by guest curator Machel Bogues, Curator; Director, Abeng Productions Ltd.

Saguaro
Selected for exhibition in 2011 as part of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Your Take: BBG Through Visitors' Eyes exhibition and as part of the 2012 Brooklyn Botanic Garden calendar.

Dark Alley
Selected for exhibition in 2010 as part of Curate NYC.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011; Curate NYC Online Exhibition
A Curate NYC online exhibition by guest curator Michael L. Royce; Executive Director, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).

2011; Curate NYC Online Exhibition
A Curate NYC online exhibition by guest curator Machel Bogues, Curator; Director, Abeng Productions Ltd.

2011; Your Take: BBG Through Visitors' Eyes, Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Brooklyn, NY
An outdoor show of photography from the 2012 Calendar on view throughout the Garden from Fall 2011 to Spring 2012, inspired by the unique perspectives seen in the photos submitted for the 2012 Brooklyn Botanic Gardens calendar.

2011; The Neighborhood Show, PLG Arts; Brooklyn, NY

2010; Curate NYC; New York, NY
A total 150 selected works were exhibited as 5"x6" postcard-sized reproductions at the Rush Arts Gallery in Chelsea, the Essex Street Market on the Lower East Side, La Marqueta Open Plaza in East Harlem, and the Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George on Staten Island.

Contact

davidfinkelstein@eclipse-designs.com
646.334.0930

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