David Julian | Instructor, Winter & Spring
About this Artist
Dave’s artistic career began with a BFA in Communications Design from Pratt Institute in NY. His work has included corporate art direction, graphic design, photography, photo-illustration and assemblage. His images have appeared in public and private collections, and publications including Nikon World, Outside, NY Times, The Baltimore Sun, LA Times, National Geographic Traveler, Outdoor Photographer, Orion, PRINT, Islands, Zoom and Rangefinder. He has collaborated on eight episodes of “Hit The Streets” and other podcasts and books on the arts.
Since 2001, Dave has instructed photography with the renown Santa Fe Workshops, Maine Media Workshops, Vancouver Photo Workshops, Photographic Center NorthWest, The Anderson Ranch and also at sea with UnCruise. He also leads his own annual cultural travel photography workshops in the US, Mexico, Europe, India, Asia and annually in Cuba since 2015.
Dave has a passion for inspiring and guiding emerging and advanced photographers to understand the nature of light, to discover their unique personal vision and to reach new creative goals.
He is an adjunct instructor at University of Washington and former instructor at Photographic Center Northwest, The Art Institute and Seattle Central College’s Creative Academy. Dave consults for product developer including Adobe, Wacom, Topaz Labs and Lowepro; and he is a member of the Fujifilm X/GFX CREATORS pro photographer team.
About this Work
This image is from one of my first explorations in street photography using a digital camera technique called In-Camera Multiple Exposures (ICME). It is not a Photoshop composite. Unlike my usual photographic work—where light, shadow, and subject yield intended and mostly predictable results—ICME invites pure experimentation. It’s a creative process of layering shapes and tones, where chance and intention meet. With practice, the method offers increasing control, allowing movement and emotion to emerge more freely.
In this black-and-white composition, I layered four exposures using repeated and new elements in camera with from a backlit urban alley. The result is a fragmented yet cohesive quilt of contrast and geometry—recognizable forms woven into an abstract space. Removing color helps the viewer's eye travel through the frame, guided by rhythm and structure rather than hue.
I continue to practice and teach ICME to those who love to try new techniques and play in the sandbox of experimentation and surprise.
Post Alley Walkers Abstract
