Brian David Price

Brian David Price, a Plainfield, NJ, native son, began his career in photography at Plainfield High School; then as a freelancer for The Washington Post; staffing with The News Journal in Wilmington, DE; followed up with the Associated Press in Trenton, NJ.

He is a photojournalist focusing on reportage, portraiture, and fine art in black and white photography and contracts with Zuma Press.

His assignments have taken him to Ghana, and around the U.S., and he was selected as a Department of Defense Embed for the Iraq War for the Associated Press. His assignments ranged from political campaigns, news such as 1/6, Fashion Week, Super Bowl, World Series, world cycling championships, and self-assignments.

Prior to his work at the AP, Brian worked as a staff photographer for several newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal and Constitution and The Detroit Free Press. He was the first National Association of Black Journalists photo intern selected by the late Michel Du Cille, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Howard University.

He enjoys cycling and is a member the Major Taylor Cycling Club of New Jersey, American Society of Media Photographers, National Press Photographers Association,  The National Association of Black Journalists, and the Crazy Faith Riders of NJ.

Brian’s heroes are his late parents, his sons, and photographers: Sharon Farmer, Roland Freeman, Moneta Sleet, Jr., Gordon Parks, and hometown photographers Irvin Penn and Margaret Bourke White.