About davidwsumner / David W. Sumner  

"Good photography is not about Zone Printing or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It's just about seeing. You either see or you don't see. The rest is academic. Photography is simply a function of noticing things. Nothing more."

- Elliott Erwitt

"Today we are confronted with reality on the vastest scale mankind has known [and this puts] a greater responsibility on the photographer."

- Berenice Abbott


"Every story doesn't have to be sell something (or make money), sometimes it's ok to give."

- James Nachtwey


Born and raised in Southern California, I began my professional career as an archaeologist and teacher. I was introduced to photography while working at the San Bernardino County Museum.

In 1988 I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, taking a job as a photo researcher at Mountain Light Photography. Since then, in addition to freelancing, I have worked as a studio/darkroom assistant, print finisher and in the late 1990s was Picture Editor at StageImage. I currently work at the Museum of Performance & Design and live in San Francisco with my wife, the painter, Anna Conti.

To license use rights to images contact me at dave@bigcrow.com

My blog: photographynewsnotes.blogspot.com/