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After finishing his photo internship at U.S. News and World Report in November 2003, David began his freelance photography career covering the 2004 Presidential campaign for Time and Newsweek. In October 2007, the U.S. Department of State contracted David to serve as Secretary Condoleezza Rice’s official photographer to document her final fifteen months in office.

In 2006, David and two colleagues traveled to post-Katrina New Orleans and produced Yearbook 2006, a multimedia project documenting the interrupted senior year of Benjamin Franklin High School’s class of 2006. The project was featured at the 2006 Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration “Spirit of Recovery” Conference.

Currently, he is working as the Creative Director on a multimedia storytelling project called THE WAITING LIST; the mission of this personal project is to inspire individuals to become registered as organ donors by sharing the stories of those waiting, those touched by, and those involved in the transplant process. David collaborated with filmmaker Erik Murphy on the prize-winning documentary short “I Choose to Live,” which tells the story of Celeste Castillo Lee, who has been waiting for a kidney transplant since February 10, 1992. The film won first place in the shorts category at the Donate Life Hollywood film festival. The tentative launch date for the project is April 2010 during National Donate Life month. David was also invited to present THE WAITING LIST at the 10th annual Images & Voices of Hope World Summit from September 25 to 27, 2009.

Partnering with Washington DC-based non-profit organization Critical Exposure, THE WAITING LIST has recently secured $12,500 in funding from the Public Welfare Foundation for the development of their planned photography program for children at transplant centers.

David is available for travel and assignment.

[ Cell ] 919-244-3767

[ Email ] davidyoungrolee@gmail.com

[ The Waiting List ] www.thewaitinglist.org