David Alan Harvey

This photo of love-struck teenagers in a cruise ship on the Seine, with a faint Eiffel Tower in the twilight distance, appeared in July 1989 issue of National Geographic. It may be less historicall…

The Magnum photographer speaks about why every emerging photographer needs a mentor, his years shooting for National Geographic, and how he maintains his vision across personal and assigned work.

Hi (Above image copyrighted by Alex Majoli) Bill Reeves, a passionate photographer who is fortunate enough to have Magnum photographers Eli Reed and Paolo Pellegrin as his mentors, told me about a…

He's been everywhere from the dirt-poor towns of Virginia to the dirt-poor favelas of Rio de Janeiro, along the way amassing an amazing portfolio of startling images. We talked to him about where he comes from.

David Alan Harvey was born in San Francisco in 1944 and raised in Virginia. He is a member of Magnum Photos and editor of Burn Magazine. Harvey’s books include “Cuba,” “Divided Soul,” and “Living Proof,” among others. His work “BeachGames” is being exhibited at Paris Photo LA through Sunday, March 3 at Leica’s booth (soundstage …

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David Alan Harvey’s shots of Rio and Bahia, taken over the course of a decade, go beyond the cliches of bikini babes, crime-ridden favelas and Christ the Redeemer