I have always had “a sense of wonder”. I wonder how jumbo jets ever get off the ground? I wonder how Monarch butterflies know how to migrate south to Mexico and return home as far North as Canada three generations later? I am constantly amazed by the beauty and order of nature. I am intrigued by different people and cultures.

My curiosity has been further fueled by a degree in environmental biology and extensive travel on assignment. I see our world as a large tapestry made up of unlimited small details. My work ranges from large scale panoramics to detailed macro photography. Sometimes looking at the “whole scene” and other times studying the geometry and colors of the details.

For over twenty years I have been traveling the world photographing for corporate clients and international picture agencies based in New York, Chicago, London and Hong Kong. My images have been published in numerous publications, including the covers of Time Magazine, Business Week, and a four-page panoramic annual report cover for McDonalds.

Current digital technology now enables me to print large scale photographic images on both paper and canvas right in our studio. I prefer the look and feel of images printed using pigmented inks and archival papers and canvas to the previous “wet chemistry process”. And digital printing is much friendlier to our environment.

Being able to run test prints and make adjustments in tone and color balance enables me to produce prints with all the color and clarity that I remember from the experience. It is really exciting to be able to “stay with an image” from the time the shutter is clicked to when a completed photographic print is rolled into a tube for shipping. I am finally able to “Show and Tell” how I see and experience the world.

My recent efforts have been directed towards the field of “Visual Therapy”. Creating images that instill a sense of tranquility and relaxation for people in stress filled environments.  I find personal gratification in knowing that an anxious hospital patient might experience the calming effects of one of my peaceful garden panoramas or tropical beach images.

David Lawrence

• American Society of Media Photographers
• International Association of Panoramic Photographers
• North American Nature Photographers Association
• National Press Photographers Association
• Professional Association of Visual Artists
• Society for the Arts in Healthcare
• Professional Picture Framers Association