David Graham is a traveling photographer capturing scenes
all throughout the United States, the more colorful, the better. He has a knack
for finding beauty in the unusual circumstances that surround him wherever he
may go. Graham earned his BFA from Philadelphia College of Art in 1976 and his
MFA from Tyler School of Art in 1981. He has had many exhibitions, both solo
and group and has authored many books. When he’s not traveling and taking
photographs, he’s a professor at the University of Arts in Philadelphia PA.
In his collection titled Portraits, Graham puts his talents
to work taking photos of people in various settings. In Camille Terry as Marilyn Monroe, Graham brings Monroe to life using
Terry. The colors are bright and cheerful as Terry poses seductively around
Monroe memorabilia.
Camille
Terry as Marilyn Monroe
In Graham’s portrait of Janet Densmore as Jayne Mansfield,
his photographs take a twisted turn as he uses a doll head and headless woman
as the figures in the portrait. Once again taking vibrant colors and helping
them shine through in the photograph.
Janet
Densmore as Jayne Mansfield
Graham’s portraits are unique in the aspect that he uses
objects that are considered odd or maybe out of place to enhance them. He is
clearly not afraid to stake claim to his photographs that may be considered out
of the ordinary and that is what drew me to his work.
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