David Christensen is a photographer, filmmaker, and producer whose current projects explore the interplay of environment, archive, and recollection. Working across analogue and digital processes, his photography draws on darkroom experimentation, repurposed imagery, and visual languages associated with documentary practice.
His photographic work has been exhibited at the Medium Photographic Festival in San Diego, the International Print Competition at the Print Center in Philadelphia, and in group exhibitions in Minnesota, New Orleans, and Toronto.
In film, Christensen has worked across documentary, drama, and animation as a director and producer. Productions he has produced have been nominated for two Academy Awards and an Emmy, recognized by the Canadian Screen Awards, and honored by the FWA. His films have screened internationally, including at IDFA, Locarno, MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight, Hot Docs, and the Toronto International Film Festival.`
His photographic work has been exhibited at the Medium Photographic Festival in San Diego, the International Print Competition at the Print Center in Philadelphia, and in group exhibitions in Minnesota, New Orleans, and Toronto.
In film, Christensen has worked across documentary, drama, and animation as a director and producer. Productions he has produced have been nominated for two Academy Awards and an Emmy, recognized by the Canadian Screen Awards, and honored by the FWA. His films have screened internationally, including at IDFA, Locarno, MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight, Hot Docs, and the Toronto International Film Festival.`
Selected Photography Group Exhibitions
2025 “From Nothing to Something to Something Else”, Sparrow Artspace, Calgary, AB, CAN
2021 “The Found Object”, Praxis Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2020 Analog Forever Magazine - Online Exhibition - "Hybrid"
2020 F-Stop Photography Magazine – Online Exhibition – “The Constructed Image”
2018 Open Call Group Exhibition – Exposure Photography Festival – curated by Andrea Kunard, the Associate Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Canada
2017 “Ten Voices” Visual Arts Alberta, Calgary & Edmonton AB, Canada
2017 “Small Works” The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO, USA
2017 New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans LA, USA
2017 “91st Annual International Completion”, The Print Center, Philadelphia PA, USA
2017 “Alt Revolution”, Photoworks, Glen Echo Park, MD, USA
2017 “Alt Revolution”, Dylan Ellis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016 “Size Matters”, Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA, USA (Honourable Mention)
2025 “From Nothing to Something to Something Else”, Sparrow Artspace, Calgary, AB, CAN
2021 “The Found Object”, Praxis Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2020 Analog Forever Magazine - Online Exhibition - "Hybrid"
2020 F-Stop Photography Magazine – Online Exhibition – “The Constructed Image”
2018 Open Call Group Exhibition – Exposure Photography Festival – curated by Andrea Kunard, the Associate Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Canada
2017 “Ten Voices” Visual Arts Alberta, Calgary & Edmonton AB, Canada
2017 “Small Works” The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO, USA
2017 New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans LA, USA
2017 “91st Annual International Completion”, The Print Center, Philadelphia PA, USA
2017 “Alt Revolution”, Photoworks, Glen Echo Park, MD, USA
2017 “Alt Revolution”, Dylan Ellis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016 “Size Matters”, Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA, USA (Honourable Mention)