Works
The Metropolitan Opera, New York, United States, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
42 x 52 inches (106.7 x 132.1 cm) Image
Edition 1 of 8
TWA Terminal No. 3, JFK International Airport, Queens, New York, 2011
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
42 x 52 inches (106.7 x 132.1 cm) Image
Edition 1 of 8
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, Spain, 2014
Digital chromogenic print
42 x 52 inches (106.7 x 132.1 cm) Image
M&G Diner, 383 West 125th Street, Harlem, New York, 2005
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2019, mounted to Dibond
52 x 42 inches (132.1 x 106.7 cm) Image
Edition 2 of 8
Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction, California, 2009
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
42 x 52 inches (106.7 x 132.1 cm) Image
Edition 3 of 8
Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 2005-2007
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
42 x 52 inches (106.7 x 132.1 cm) Image
Edition 1 of 8
Palazzo Pappadopoli, Venice, Italy, 2013
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond, printed 2020
72 x 90 inches (182.9 x 228.6 cm) Sheet
Lenox Lounge, 288 Lenox Avenue, Harlem, New York, 2005-2007
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
33 x 43 inches (83.8 x 109.2 cm) Image
Press Print: Graf Zeppelin, Hanworth Air Park, London, Great Britain, 1933
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2016
33 x 43 inches (83.8 x 109.2 cm) Image
Airship: Press Prints, Edition 1 of 10
Studio A, Electric Lady Studios, New York City, 2014
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
50 x 60 inches (127 x 152.4 cm) Sheet
Oak Bar, 768 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 2005-2007
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
50 x 60 inches (127 x 152.4 cm) Sheet
Presidio Modelo, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, 2018
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
50 x 60 inches (127 x 152.4 cm) Sheet
Edition 1 of 8
Brownstones, Lenox Avenue, Harlem, New York, 2005-2007
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond
33 x 43 inches (83.8 x 109.2 cm) Image
Edition 1 of 10
Slottsteater, Drottningholm, Sweden, 2008
Digital chromogenic print
42 x 52 inches (106.7 x 132.1 cm) Image
Framed
Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice, Italy, 2013
Digital chromogenic print, mounted to Dibond, printed 2020
50 x 60 inches (127 x 152.4 cm) Mount
Edition 6 of 8
Curtain, Palais Garnier, Paris, France, 2009
Digital chromogenic print
52 x 42 inches (132.1 x 106.7 cm) Image
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2015
52 x 42 inches (132.1 x 106.7 cm) Image
Framed
Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, Germany, 2008
Digital chromogenic print
43 x 33 inches (109.2 x 83.8 cm) Image
Airdock, Akron, Ohio, 2015
Digital chromogenic print
39 x 60 inches (99.1 x 152.4 cm)
Hangars
Exhibitions
David LEVENTI : New York
2020
Length x Width x Height
2020
Opera
2015
CV
David LEVENTI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 New York, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
2020 Social Spaces, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
Length x Width x Height, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
2019 Romania Revisited, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
2017 Opera, Wunderkammer Visionnaire, Milan, Italy
Viewpoints, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
2016 Opera, Spazio Damiani, Bologna, Italy
2015 Operas and Prisons, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Opera, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
Opera, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
2013 Palazzi, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
Opera, Galería Patricia Acal, PhotoEspaña 2013, Madrid, Spain
2012 Bjoerling’s Larynx, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Canada
Interiors, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
Portraits of Theatres, Open Arts Festival Chereshnevy Les, Petrovsky Passage, Moscow, Russia
2011Opera Houses, Weitman Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Opera Houses, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
2010 Opera, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Opera Houses, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Art in the Time of Empathy, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017 The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, Rick Wester Fine, New York, NY
Art.Now.2017, Hearst Galleries, Hearst Tower, New York, NY
2016 The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, Rick Wester Fine, New York, NY
2015 1% Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality, East Wing Gallery, Dubai, UAE
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, Rick Wester Fine, New York, NY
2013 Breaking Ground, Andrews Gallery, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Toronto International Art Fair, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
Senza Pericolo! Costruzioni e Sicurezza, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
2012 Toronto International Art Fair, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
ArtHamptons, Jackson Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY
2011 Toronto International Art Fair, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2010 Art Miami, Arthur Roger Gallery, Miami, FL
Toronto International Art Fair, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
IMAGE.ARCHITECTURE.NOW, The Julius Shulman Institute, Burbank, CA
Red, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, COEXPOSED: Critical Mass 2009, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2009 Paris Photo, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Live from New York..., Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2007 The Brooklynites, powerHouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
COLLECTIONS
Fidelity Investments
Sir Elton John Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Clinic
Credit Suisse
Corporate and Private Collections
MONOGRAPHS
Opera. Photographs by David Leventi, Foreword by Plácido Domingo, Texts by Marvin Heiferman and Thomas Mellins. Damiani, 2015.
SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
Town & Country (April 2020): “Save Venice,” Christopher Bollen.
Opera: Passion, Power and Politics, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2017
“The Golded Stage,”Toronto Life, June 2015
“Book: Opera by David Leventi published by Damiani,” L’Oeil de la Photographie, June 4, 2015
Rupert Christiansen,“ What the prima donna saw,”The Telegraph, May 29, 2015
Ryan Lathan, “Must-See: David Leventi’s Opera,” Out, May 28, 2015
Erika Owen, ”Photographing the World’s Most Beautiful Opera Houses–Sublimely Crowd-Free,” Travel + Leisure, May 12, 2015
“The Culture: Pop Chart” TIME, Vol. 185, No. 17, May 11, 2015
Lucy Gilmour, “‘Opera’: A Photographer Documents from Center Stage,” The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2015
“Setting the Stage: David Leventi’s ‘Opera’,”PDN Photo of the Day, May 7, 2015
Toni Garcia, “Grandes Templos De La Ópera Al Desnudo,” El País, May 6, 2015
Peter Terzian, “What’s Next: Curtain Call,” Elle Décor, May 2015
J.S., “In the House,” Departures, May 2015
Kate Sierzputowski, “Large Format Photographs Capture Ornate Opera Houses From Around The World,” Colossal, April 28, 2015.
Myles Little, “See the World’s Most Impressive Opera Houses,” TIME Lightbox, April 24, 2015.
Alanna Martinez, “Five Artists to Buy at the 2015 AIPAD Photography Show,”Observer, April 16, 2015.
Julie Coe, “Discoveries: Stagestruck,”Architectural Digest, April 2015.
David Rosenberg. "The Stunning Grandeur of the World’s Great Opera Houses," Slate, June 24, 2013.
“On Stage With David Leventi” THE OPÉRA Volume II, 2013.
“Made In The USA,”TIME, Vol. 181, No. 15, April 22, 2013, 35.
“Saving Europe’s Icons,” Travel + Leisure, January 2013, 74-75.
"Mission Viejo," T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Fall 2012, 53-54.
"Prudential Center," ESPN The Magazine, September 17, 2012,14-15.
“Insider’s Rome,” Travel + Leisure, June 2012, 86-98.
“Barclays Center,” ESPN The Magazine, February 6, 2012,18-19.
“Grand Stands,” ESPN The Magazine, November 14, 2011, 86-92.
“A Night At The Opera: Something Completely Magical,” FT Weekend Magazine, October 22/23, 2011,14-29.
“The Memorial,” Esquire, Vol. 156, No. 2, September 2011, 144-145.
“Bjoerling’s Larynx,” BlackFlash Magazine, Vol. 28.3, Summer 2011, 31-38.
“SHOOT: The T.W.A. Terminal, Reborn,” The New York Times Magazine, March 20, 2011, 43-45.
“Truth: Opera Houses,” China Life Magazine, No. 64, March 2011, 96-103.
“Romania,” Verve Photo, February 10, 2011.
“The One Thing You Should See This Week: A Ravishing Look Inside The World’s Greatest Performance Halls,” Toronto Life, February 7, 2011.
The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, 2011.
“From The Desk Of: David Leventi,”From The Desk Of...January 19, 2011.
“Where The Jobs Are,” TIME, Vol. 177, No. 2, January 17, 2011, 35.
"Le Portraitiste Des Tensions," Plaisirs De Vivre, Vol. 21, No. 6, December 2010, 164-175.
"David Leventi: El Artificio Oculto," F:22, October 6, 2010.
"Opera," Esquire Russia, October 5, 2010.
"Viaje Al Corazón De La Ópera: Journey To The Heart Of Opera," Ling (October 2010, 36-43.
"David Leventi’s Prison Houses and Opera Houses," Prison Photography, August 12, 2010.
"Opera Houses by David Leventi," Lost At E Minor, August 11, 2010.
"Photos Of A Family Dream: Opera Houses Around The World,"NPR, August 10, 2010.
"David Leventi, New York," Feature Shoot, August 3, 2010.
"Romanian Athenaeum," PDN Photo of the Day, August 3, 2010.
"David Leventi: Opera Houses," Photo TK TK, July 29, 2010.
"Romania Revisited," Fraction Magazine, Issue 16, July 2010.
"Romania Revisited,"Flak Photo, June 24, 2010.
"Bjoerling's Larynx," Oitzarisme, March 30, 2010.
"Opera," Flak Photo, March 24, 2010.
"A Little Night Magic," Conde Nast Traveler, February 2010, 116-121.
"Romania," Conscientious, October 1, 2009.
"Romania," Flak Photo, August 18, 2009.
"Hot Fun in the Summertime" and "Live from New York..." Gallery Crawl, June 30, 2009.
"My Desk: Richard Meier," Vanity Fair, No. 580, December 2008, 166.
"The Annotated Apple," Departures, November/December 2008, 208-212.
"North Stars," Culture + Travel, Vol. 2, No. 6, Fall 2008, 80-89.
“Romanian Holiday,” Culture + Travel, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2007, 75-91.
T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 2007.
“Social Studies: Lafayette House,” BlackBook, June/July 2007.
"Romanian Rhapsody," Travel and Leisure, Vol. 37, No. 5, May 2007, 124-128.
“PDN’s 30 2007,” Photo District News, March 2007, 58.
“Remote Possibilities: Romania,” Culture + Travel, Vol. 1, No. 2. November/December 2006, 84-89.
“Fanfair: Amy Sacco at Bette,” Vanity Fair, No. 537, May 2005, 100.
“New + Notable: Knoll,” I.D., Vol. 51, No. 7, November 2004.
EDUCATION
2001 FA in Photography, School of Art, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO