David Jacobs is a Brooklyn-based photographer and filmmaker who specializes in portraiture and documentary.
David Jacobs is a Brooklyn-based photographer and filmmaker who specializes in portraiture and documentary. David earned a degree in political philosophy before taking a job as celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz's in-house printer, where over the course of eight years he learned the subtleties of lighting, as well as the importance of balancing paid and personal work. His images have been shown in Atlanta, Boston, Marseille, New York, Salt Lake City, Toulouse, and Washington D.C. In 2017 an extended selection from his long-term project about immigration was featured at Rencontres d’Arles, and in 2023 a six-week solo retrospective was hosted by New York gallery Plant 486. David lives in Brooklyn with his wife, two teenagers, a dog, and the ghosts of two cats.