David Luria is an architectural photographer who has lived in Washington DC  for 40 years. so he knows where all the good pictures are, and he will be sharing a few of those with you tonight.!

Trained in Paris by a protege of French photographer Henri-Cartier Bresson, David  is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and has had his images of DC appear in over 100 local  publications. You’ll also find his name on the back of the many postcards sold in the DC area.  He is a contributing photographer for WHERE-Washington Magazine, Apartment Showcase Magazine, NOW Magazine, the National Cherry Blossom Festival and Destination DC.. He has photographed over 2,500 local apartment complexes and 300 restaurants in the area and he is the official photographer of the Gray Line bus company.

David says he got his start in photography a long time ago when he took a picture of his 8-year old daughter’s best friend and her father liked it so much he cried! . In 1999 David decided to share his joy photography with others by founding the  Washington Photo Safari, through which he and his team of 12 instructors have trained over 27,000 amateur photographers in camera use and photographic composition. Getting many positive reviews, it is now rated as # 11 on Trip Advisor’s list of 68 favorite tours in Washington DC.

Many of us at NVPS have benefited from David’s photo safaris, so we are especially pleased to welcome him .so that he can show us pictures from our neighborhood that we never even knew were there!