David’s formative years were all about art and music, his love for photography blossomed after college and quite literally by accident. After a near tragic motorcycle accident put him convalescing for nearly a year, his doctor suggested photography after admiring David’s artwork. Photography became a career choice from the beginning with what many consider a dream job.
David began his work for Playboy magazine fall of 1978, soon after becoming staff photographer and moving to Chicago. He would continue working with Playboy until 2003. It was after that time he would begin to expand on his photography style to include fashion, beauty and celebrity work for various editorial and advertising clients worldwide.
Called upon to shoot Petersen Publishing’s SPORT magazine swimsuit issue four successive years, the final year would culminate with it being broadcast on ESPN, ESPN 2 and Prime Ticket. David would serve as both narrator and host. In addition, he would be thrown into an acting stint in a made-for-TV movie in the mid-90s starring Lynda Carter, titled Posing, aired on CBS. The director tapped David to play the fictional Playboy photographer. In 2000 David would become co-host and feature photographer for Playboy TV’s, Sexy Girls Next Door.
In 2008 and 2010, David was a featured speaker and presenter at the international photography trade show, Photokina held in Cologne, Germany. In 2013 David was invited to speak at the Theater and Film Dept of UCLA speaking on the merits of working with great photography. His teaching photography continues to this day by creating David Mecey's Ultimate Photo Workshop™. From mid-April through the end of May 2015 David would tour while partnering with German photographer, Guido Karp, to produce workshops throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria. He would return to Germany, June 2016, to do a week-long solo Ultimate Photo Workshop in and around Koblenz, Germany, then again, January 2019 with another month-long tour visiting 14 German cities.
Along with his continued catalog and beauty photography, David has self-published a number of books containing his images. His books are self-published, reach out to him at his email address for book and purchasing information
Along with his passion for photography, David also possesses a passion for cars. For over two decades he pursued road racing as a way to relax. In 2009 he created his own driving events company, Precision Performance Driving. His driving skills led to working for various auto manufacturers as a professional driver, including Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Ferrari, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Maserati, Mercedes, Nissan and Porsche. He has competed in a number of endurance races including three of 25 hrs., where the team finished 3rd, then 2nd in class, two successive years.
David lives and works out of Las Vegas, NV. David may be reached at:
[email protected], or,
310-867-1007, his website,
www.davidmecey.com.
On-air work:
Principal interviewee on the Vickie Lawrence Show, Vicki!
Principal role in CBS movie-of-the-week, Posing, which starred Lynda Carter, Michelle Green, Amanda Peterson - 1992
While at Playboy, David was interviewed on various Good Morning America Shows, including New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, and Miami
David ‘traded places’ with baseball legend, Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox-1988. Wade photographed a Playmate while David did two weeks of spring training and worked out with the Red Sox in uniform before an NBC Game of the Week at Chicago’s legendary Comiskey Park
Still-photographer and on-air personality for The Making of SPORT magazine’s Swimsuit Issue, Hawaii, 1995
In 1995, created a world-class photo workshop, David Mecey’s FotoFantasyCamp. In 2012 a more robust program required a new name, David Mecey’s Ultimate Photo Workshop™
Appeared in the VH-1 special in 2004, Centerfold Babylon, recounting his history with Playboy
Photographer and on-air personality on Playboy’s Sexy Girls Next Door TV series, 2000 - 2003
Spokesperson with how-to videos worldwide for German-based Company, Sunbounce
Presenter and lecturer at Photokina, Cologne, Germany, 2008, 2010
Interviewed on SPIKE TV’s program, Manswers – 2009
Interview with BBC-Radio on his history with Playboy - 2011
Member of the National Association of Distinguished Professionals
Works as a professional driver & racer from 2000 to present, including driving instructor for Skip Barber and Jim Russell Racing, founder/director of Precision Performance Driving, a driving events company