about
David George Brommer is a New York City based photographer specialized in alternative culture. In the mid-90′s David was the creative mind behind Suspect Photography, a studio-gallery acclaimed for exhibiting maverick and emerging photographers. David’s fascination with dark subject matter and the use of religious and mythological elements in his compositions resulted in an aesthetically unique body of work. He is well versed in techniques ranging from pixels to platinum and enjoys using a wide range of camera gear to obtain the final image. During the past two decades, his extensive oeuvre has been widely shown across the country in several solo and collective exhibitions. In recent years, David has become a sought-after speaker on matters of contemporary photography as well as technical teaching. Among others, David has taught seminars at the International Center of Photography, The Maine Media Workshops, and nationwide industry conventions. Currently David is the director of the B&H Photo Event Space overseeing and developing the educational content for customers of B&H Photo.
The Seattle Suspects Project website
Instructional Videos on Youtube:
Better Photographic Composition – Beyond the Rule of Thirds
Real Exposures, a photographer & filmmaker interview series from the B&H Event Space
Published Books:
Contributing author to: Composition: From Snapshots to Great Shots
Seattle Suspects is a photographic journey into the dark flip side the of 90’s Seattle grunge era. Goths, Artists, and Drag Queens are captured by David George Brommer’s high contrast black and white photographic style in his infamous studio, Suspect Photography. Gain a unique insight to these eccentric characters in Brommer’s first book, Seattle Suspects featuring 36 plates along with quotes from the “suspects’ themselves.
Encountered your blog this evening, and really quite enjoyed it. Having started with film, as well [think Tri-X, pushed in D76 or UFG developer, or at rated speed in Microdol], I particularly enjoyed your observations on “style.” Currently, I am finishing a series of jazz musician photo that began with film, moved to digital, and continue to work at maintaining the feel of the earlier work. If it’s OK with you, I’d like to add a link to it on my own site.
–Norm Snyder
Thank you Norm, man, that’s going to be hard to capture the feel of and look of your project starting with film. If you’re not using it already, NIK Silver Efx is a great digital to b&w conversion plug in for photoshop and light room. Best of luck with this, do you have any of this work online?
Thank you for all the work you do through your event space at B&H. I live on the West Coast, and love that I can get a great lecture on my own time. I have just begun my journey as a photographer, and you have already taught me so much. Cheers!
Always a pleasure, very happy to help. Thanks and keep up the shooting!
Regards for helping out, superb info .