Précis
David Perelman-Hall is a self-taught photographer living in Cleveland Heights who shoots mostly portraits of bodies and faces, and loves the abstract — images of things that are there but we just don't or can't see them. He has published internationally and been juried into numerous national photography shows. He likes to dabble in landscapes, infrared, and longer-running projects. He picked up the camera at the dawn of digital photography, and the most critical thing in his kit are cloth baby diapers that pad, dry, clean, and keep his gear happy.
In a former stage of his life, he studied, wrote about, and published scholarly articles on the American author Thomas C. Wolfe:
"Contrast as Device in Wolfe's 'The Child by Tiger'" The Thomas Wolfe Review, Vol. 7, No. 1
"Magnificent Dithyrambs in Thomas Wolfe" The Thomas Wolfe Review, Vol. 11, No. 2
"Thomas Wolfe and Walt Whitman" The Thomas Wolfe Review, Vol. 13, No. 1
"The Romantic Tradition—Coleridge and Wolfe, part I" The Thomas Wolfe Review, Vol 16, No. 1
"The Romantic Tradition—Coleridge and Wolfe, part II" The Thomas Wolfe Review, Vol 16, No. 2
"Blake Creates from Science" The Journal for Anthroposophy, Spring 1989"
"Blake And Determinism" Analecta, Spring 1990
In another stage he earned the PhD and inevitably wrote, published, and taught object-oriented programming:
"A Natural Solution: A C++ Implementation of a Chart Parser for Natural Language" BYTE · Feb 1, 1992
"Directed Acyclic Graph Unification" Dr. Dobb's Journal · Apr 1, 1995
"Object-Oriented SDI-12" The C/C++ Users Journal · Jan 1, 1996
"Java and Lightweight Components" Dr. Dobb's Journal · Feb 1, 1999
"Java Q&A" (Implementing Find functionality in Java applications) Dr. Dobb's Journal · Jul 1, 2000
"Sorting in Java and C#” Dr. Dobb's Journal · Nov 1, 2005
"AJAX & Record Locking” Dr. Dobb's Journal · Oct 1, 2006
"Making Reusable Context Menus for Windows Applications" in Code Project · Jan 14, 2015
Throughout his life he has continued to be fascinated by language, which drives his interest in communicative poetry.
Contact: dph.lens@gmail.com
Exhibitions, Awards, Publications
Publications
April 2026: "The Body Silhouette" in Dodho Magazine
January 2026: "Spirit: Tuscumbia Churches & Photographic Intent" in Fujilove Magazine
December 2024: 4th Fotonostrum Magazine Awards, The Mediterranean House of Photography
November 2022: Three works published in the book Trilogies 2022 by Lenswork
June 2018: "Austin’s Gay Pride Parade: Multiple Exposures with the Fujifilm X-E2" in FujiLove Magazine
November 2016: "A Trip To Nova Scotia" in FujiLove Magazine
Awards
February 2024: Mistlin Gallery, Stanislaus Arts Photo Contest, award winner in Figurative Nude category
April 2021: Bostwick, Photothon 2021, award winner in Deja Nude category
Exhibitions
March 2026: In the Nude Volume No. 2, international juried exhibition, The Chateau Gallery
November 2025: In The Nude, international juried exhibition, The Chateau Gallery
September 2025: 3-Series Retrospective, Loganberry Books
May 2025: Yellow Art Exhibit, Artist Space Gallery
April 2025: Botanical Art Exhibit, Artist Space Gallery
April 2025: Night, Light & Half-Light national juried exhibition, South Shore Art Center
April 2025: Through the Lens: A Portrait Show, three pieces at Brownhoist Gallery
January 2024: Tri-C East, Cleveland on the Streets Exhibition
November 2023: Doubting Thomas Gallery, Art of the Trade: Artists Collecting Artists
September 2023: Bostwick, 4th Annual Cleveland Photo Fest
December 2022: Bostwick, Cleveland Photo Fest: 1,000,000 Photos Exhibit, 24 works in AI
May 2021: South East Center for Photography, Flora, juried exhibition
March 2020: Cape Cod Art Center, Sense of Space juried exhibition
December 2018: Duck Pond Gallery, Shaker Heights
August 2017 Heights Arts,”I am ARTFUL” Show
September 2014 Loganberry Books: Grant Deming Artists
July 2014 Loganberry Books: Cleveland Photography
November 2013 Pentagon Gallery: Grant Deming Artists
Narrative about Learning Photography
This is an essay-narrative about what it was like to teach myself photography. How I did it, how long it took, where I did it, the steps in my evolution as a photographer and artist, and a deep appreciation of the small part of the world where all this took place.