David Lombeida is an independent photographer and filmmaker who is currently between Mexico City and Istanbul, documenting the effects of conflict, migration, and surviving trauma around the world.  His work has been featured in the Washington Post, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Reuters, CNN, and Al-Jazeera, among other publications.

David’s most recent work documents the new reality of the West Bank after the October 7th attacks. David spent most of the last year in Israel/Palestine, developing short films, and in-depth photo projects related to settler violence, displacement, and human right abuses. Additionally, David recently reported in Syria for The Guardian, working with multiple correspondents covering the new country after a more than half century dictatorship abruptly came to an end.

An alumnus of the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2021, he won the South American Bloomberg Assignment Award, which helped jumpstart his career.  David was a finalist in the Arnold Newman Prize for his " Resistencia " portrait project.  He also is selected as a judge for the 2023 Nikon Photo Contest in Tokyo and most recently nominated for the 2025 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass.  

Through his work exploring human connection, David hopes viewers will be confronted with and contemplate the issues that marginalize people. His goal is to create intimate stories that are relatable so the people he is privileged to photograph are seen as human beings above all else.