He makes his own work, which has been collected by museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This work has also been published in seven books, including American Beauty (Aperture 1987), Only in America (Knopf 1991), Alone Together (Pond Press 2003) and Almost Paradise (Pond Press 2008). He is represented by the Laurence Miller Gallery in New York City. David also works in the freelance world, shooting for magazines including The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Forbes and Details. Additionally, he has shot ad campaigns, most notably for Mastercard. Lastly, David teaches photography; in addition to the University of the Arts, he has taught at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Sarah Lawrence College and the International Center of Photography in NYC.