About David

David Modica is a commercial and fine art photographer based in Louisville, Kentucky. He shoots a diverse range of subjects for commercial clients from architecture and interiors to products and people. His personal work is expressed in traditional black and white silver gelatin prints.

Combining his personal vision with his commercial photography produces a synergistic effect evident in his work. Fine art and commercial photography are not separate but very much related. One feeds and influences the other, thus bringing more than just an image on paper. The result is an artistic expression that elicits an emotional response.

Modica’s personal work tends to be thematic and project-based. He enjoys capturing places and buildings of historical significance as well as the urban landscape. His affinity for old buildings takes him west to photograph ghost towns in order to capture the energy of those once thriving towns and as a means of preserving their rightful place in history. In addition to his ongoing project of western ghost towns, David completed a year-long project photographing the Bourbon Stock Yards in Louisville just prior to its demolition.