David Hilliard

David Hilliard (born 1964 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American photographer. A fine arts photographer who works mainly with panoramic photographs, he draws inspiration from his personal life and those around him for his subject matter. Many of the scenes are staged, evoking a performative quality, a middle ground between fact and fiction.

He received his BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1992 and his MFA from Yale University in 1994. During his time at Yale, he studied with photographers who shot in the panoramic style and focused on the technical aspect of the medium.

Hilliard has served as assistant professor in Boston at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and as Artist-in-Residence in the Photography Department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. He has also taught at Harvard University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. 2000 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1999 Artist grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, Massachusetts 1995 Fulbright Grant, exchange between U.S. and Spain (Barcelona) 1994 Alice Kimball English Travel Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut