Background
David Vestal was born on March 21, 1924, in Menlo Park, California, United States. He was the son of Arthur G. and Wanda May (Pfeiffer) Vestal.
David Vestal was born on March 21, 1924, in Menlo Park, California, United States. He was the son of Arthur G. and Wanda May (Pfeiffer) Vestal.
David Vestal studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago but took up photography during the late 1940s after moving to New York where the majority of his street photography and cityscapes were made.
From the mid-fifties, David Vestal exhibited his photography and was included in eight exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where his work is included in its collections and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
David Vestal taught at Parsons School of Design, the School of Visual Arts, and at Pratt Institute, and also gave numerous lectures and workshops around the country.
His column, "Vestal at Large," was a regular feature in Photo Techniques magazine, and his books include The Art of Black and White Enlarging (1984) and The Craft of Photography (1975).
David Vestal died on December 14, 2013, at his home in Bethlehem, Connecticut.
Fulton & Pearl Streets, New York, August
1964Flatiron Building, New York City
1963George Washington Bridge, New York/New Jersey
1960Below Broadway, 14th Street, New York
1965Fifth Avenue
1963Seventh Avenue & 33rd Street, New York
1965West 22nd Street, New York
1958From Window at 133 West 22nd Street, New York
1960Grant Park from Jackson Street, Chicago
1973Sunset from Window, 133 West 22nd Street, New York
1960