David Ricci is an American photographer based in Massachusetts. He studied biomedical engineering and never attended a photography class. His interest began at an exhibition during his last week of graduate school at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. About a year into his first engineering job he bought a Nikon 35 mm camera.
In the 1990s he photographed empty amusement parks, boardwalks and outdoor sports facilities. This work won the Annual Curator's Award from the Center for Photographic Arts in 1995.
His book EDGE (Fall Line Press, 2022) collects work from more than thirty years. Most of its photographs were made on medium format film. It won gold in photography at the ForeWord Indies Awards in 2023.
His second book is Hunter Gatherer: Salvaged Stories of American Culture (MW Editions, 2026). It has 152 pages and an introduction by Cheryl Finley. It shows objects and displays photographed at flea markets, antique malls and fairs across the United States. It won gold in photography at the 2026 Independent Publishers Book Awards.
His photographs are in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Fogg Museum.
