Biography

Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, David Strick studied photography at UCLA and California Institute of the Arts.

David began his professional career as staff photographer for L.A. Newspaper and a stringer for the New York Times, where his lifelong fascination with Hollywood subject matter began to emerge.

David has worked as an editorial, advertising and corporate photographer for such clients as Paramount Studios, The Walt Disney Company, The Gap, Sempra Energy, Time, Life, Esquire, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, Sports Illustrated and The New York Times Magazine among others.

His interest in the entertainment world is of long duration and has given David unparalleled access to countless productions. His behind-the-scenes Hollywood documentary work includes over eleven years of producing a monthly photo column for Premiere Magazine entitled “David Strick’s Hollywood,” 2 ½ years of originating and photographing a web/print feature called “David Strick’s Hollywood Backlot” for the Los Angeles Times, and his current web/print feature for The Hollywood Reporter, entitled “David Strick’s Hollywood.”

David’s work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution; the Cooper-Hewitt Museum; the Cincinnati Art Museum; The Denver Art Museum; the Houston Foto Fest; the Photographic Resource Center in Boston; the “Visa pour l’image” photo festival in Perpignan, France; the Cedro 26 Gallery in Rome, Italy; and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His works are in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and numerous private collections.

David is the author of the book “Our Hollywood” (Atlantic Monthly Press), and his photographs have won awards in the professional publications Communication Arts, American Photography and Graphis.

David has taught at Art Center College of Design, lectured at UCLA Extension, Santa Monica College and the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University. He has served on the Santa Monica College Photography Department Advisory Board, the board of Editorial Photographers, and as an honorary member of the Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers.