E. David Luria is a Washington DC-based photographer specializing in architecture, art/still life, restaurant/ food, editorial/event, commercial, and landmark photography. A member of the American Society of Media Photographers, Mr. Luria has had his images appear in over 100 publications, including TIME Magazine, Travel and Leisure Magazine, Prevention, Italian Cooking and Dining, Food and Wine, and Cuccina Italiana, in the Washington Post, the Hamburger Abendblatt, and the Tokyo Shinbum newspapers. He is also a Contributing Photographer to WHERE-Washington, Washington Spaces Magazine, the US Capitol Historical Society, and the Washington Post’s Apartment Showcase Magazine, and he photographs for Gray Line and the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Mr. Luria's images have also appeared on the covers of 30 publications, including the weekly American Profile, the Smithsonian Associates Magazine, WHERE-Washington, and the Alliance to Save Energy Magazine. Two of his images were selected for a juried competition sponsored by the Washington National Cathedral. Over 80 of his photographs of Washington DC landmarks appear on postcards, guidebooks and posters sold throughout the area. The GE Lighting Company selected Mr. Luria to photograph their lighting on the National Christmas Tree, and his images regularly appear in publications of the Washington DC Convention and Tourism Corp.
Mr. Luria has photographed over 1,200 local apartment properties, and his architectural clients include major DC area apartment property management companies, plus Spirit Cruises, Café Milano, and the Classic Residence by Hyatt. The publisher of the Washington Post's Apartment Showcase Magazine has called him "the best apartment photographer in the Washington area." He has also photographed 200+ restaurants, hotels and luxury homes in DC, Maryland, and Virginia for the Entertainment Book, Washingtonian Magazine, the Washington Flyer, and Guest Informant, and a 12-page spread of his architectural photographs are in the premiere edition of Washington Spaces luxury lifestyle magazine.
Mr. Luria is also a teacher of photography. A member of the Society of Photographic Education, he is founder and director of the Washington Photo Safari (www.WashingtonPhotoSafari.com), through which he and his team of nine professional photographers have trained over 16,000 clients since 1999 in the techniques of travel and landmark photography. This program is now the country’s largest provider of photography training field excursions, offering 3-4 photo safaris every week, all year long, rain or shine, with special workshops in nighttime photography, interior museum photography, beginner and advanced digital photography, pet photography, nature photography, outdoor portraiture, child photography, and architectural, abstract/still life, event, and real estate photography. This program also offers photo safaris in Prague,, Quebec City, Buenos Aires, Yellowstone National Park, Cape Ann, MA., and New York City.