I have an exceptional ability to tell stories in a way that can emotionally connect those who need help with those who can help. I have thirty years experience creating content, medium, and form, through three careers as a photojournalist, software developer, and graphic designer. I specialize in creating cutting-edge multimedia products for common-good advocacy projects. My expertise is in complex and difficult issues that intimately affect ordinary people : war, human rights abuses, disasters, and environmental change.
I specialize in creating cutting-edge multimedia products for common-good advocacy projects. My broad skill set lets me work in the field as a journalist and photographer, then to write articles and create websites, mobile apps, and exhibitions. I am a good public speaker and clean up nicely.
See the Inside-Outside Project
I conceive, code and design custom websites, WordPress plugins, using PHP/ MySQL/ JavaScript/ HTML/ CSS, and mobile apps with Corona SDK for iOS and Android. My projects include a website publishing system, a self-editing chat, an art gallery with automated print sales, and a multimedia publisher and reader for WordPress, InDesign, and iPad.
Frankly, I usually end up managing most of the small-team projects I have worked on. I understand both the technical and creative sides of design and software projects, and my experience lets me schedule while maintaining quality control. As well as handling clients’ projects, I managed and art directed a graphic design company for five years.
I offer UX/UI design, based on a real understanding of the product and the client’s business needs and goals. Graphic design follows, for digital and print projects, including logos, collateral, websites, mobile apps, and more. I use a functional design approach, emphasizing goals and results to create useful visuals. I also manage small-team graphic design projects.
I shoot the essence of what it is to be a human being through images found at the borders of human experience. I seek to show our common humanity.
I create the structure, concept, design, and content for eBook apps (using my own software platform), as well as for common eBooks.
See the Discover Point Lobos iPad App
Antoine Goff [Video] Introducing Antoine Goff, wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 11 years, created for the Northern California Innocence Project.
The Search for the Missing [PDF] A draft of a book about forensic investigations to find the missing from war and disaster, and to discover their identities. Warning: contains very graphic images.
Catstantinople [PDF] A graphic novel (95% true) about a photojournalist in Istanbul, his writer girlfriend, and their cats. All original photography and art.
Fire Season [PDF] Photography from wildland firefighting in California.
Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp [Slideshow] A rough cut of a day in the life of the Pine Grove camp for young juvenile prisoners.
Pine Grove Audio/Photo Sampler [Slideshow] Sample photographs and audio from the Pine Grove camp for young juvenile prisoners.
You can reach me at david@davidgross.org
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