David H. Wells

David H. Wells is an award-winning, digitally-capable photographer, producing images for local, national, and international clientele. Past assignments have been for Life Magazine, National Geographic Publications, the New York Times Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, to name a few. His photo-essays have focused on globalization in India and Bangladesh, the pesticide poisoning of farm workers in California, the lives of South Asian immigrants in America, the challenges facing fishermen in New England as well as the complex relationship between Israelis and Palestinians. His teaching credentials consist of semester length classes as well as shorter intensive workshops at the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, the University of the Arts, the International Center for Photography in New York City, the Maine Photographic Workshops, the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, and the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP,) Creative Eye, and the National Press Photographer’s Association.

Dave encourages participants to bring a small number of images for critique. He will answer individual questions during the workshop, as well as provide group instruction on photography basics such as exposure, composition, fill-flash, and methods to approach people on location.

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