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E. David Luria is a Washington DC-based photographer specializing in architecture, art/still life. restaurant/ food, editorial/event, commercial, and landmark photography. A member of the American Society of Media Photographers, Mr. Luria has had his images appear in over 80 publications, including TIME, Travel and Leisure Magazine, Prevention, Italian Cooking and Dining, and WHERE Magazines, in the Washington Post, the Wilmington News-Journal, the Hamburger Abendblatt, and the Tokyo Shimbun newspapers.
Mr. Luria's images have also appeared on the covers of 27 publications, including the weekly American Profile Magazine, the Smithsonian Associates Magazine, the Arlington Visitor Guide, and the Alliance to Save Energy Magazine. Two of his images were selected for a juried competition sponsored by the Washington National Cathedral. Many of his photographs of Washington DC landmarks appear on postcards, guidebooks and posters sold throughout the area, and several are on permanent display at the City Museum of Washington DC. The GE Lighting Company selects Mr. Luria each year to photograph their lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House Ellipse, and his images regularly appear in publications of the Washington DC Convention and Tourism Corp. and the Greater Washington DC Board of Trade. His extensive stock of photographs of Washington DC landmarks, monuments, museums and memorials includes over 10,000 images available for purchase.
Mr. Luria has photographed over 1,200 local apartment properties. His architectural clients include every major apartment property management company in the DC area, plus several interior design firms, and he serves as local photographer for Chicago-based Classic Hyatt Residences. . The publisher of the Washington Post's Apartment Showcase Magazine has called him "the best apartment photographer in the Washington area." He has also photographed 200+ restaurants and hotels in DC, Maryland, and Virginia for the Entertainment Book, Washingtonian Magazine, the Washington Flyer, and Guest Informant.
Mr. Luria describes himself as a photographer of "places and faces." Trained in Paris, France, at the Parsons School of Design by a protégé of famed French photographer Henri Cartier Bresson, Mr. Luria places a great deal of emphasis on strong, clean composition lines in his photography. As a photographer of events and activities, Mr. Luria has traveled and photographed extensively in Latin America for the Partners of the Americas organization. He also served as photographer to the City of Hamburg, Germany, at an exhibition entitled " Jerusalem of the North: The History of the Sephardic Jews of Hamburg" .
Mr. Luria is also a teacher of photography. A member of the Society of Photographic Education, he is founder and director of the popular Washington Photo Safari (www.WashingtonPhotoSafari.com) through which he and his team of professional photographers have trained several thousand clients since 1999 in the techniques of travel photography, both film and digital. This program is now the DC area's largest provider of photography training field excursions, offering 2-3 photo safaris every week, all year long, rain or shine, with special workshops in nighttime photography, interior museum photography, beginner and advanced digital photography, pet photography, outdoor portraiture, and real estate and event photography
He also serves as a photo study tour instructor for the Smithsonian Associates, the Corcoran Gallery of Art,, the Kreeger Museum, the Octagon Museum, Hasselblad USA, and the National Academy of Photography, and the contestants of the National Spelling Bee. His Washington Photo Safari has received extensive press coverage in the Washington Post, on WTOP Radio, AAA Magazine, on the Discovery Channel, and on the NBC "Today" Show
Prior to becoming a professional photographer, Mr. Luria had a long career as a senior executive with several international non-profit development aid and citizen exchange organizations, such as CARE, Partners of the Americas, and Delphi International. His work has brought him to more than 40 countries around the world. A graduate of Amherst College and a US Army veteran, Mr. Luria is fluent in Spanish, French, and German
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