David Leventi grew up in Chappaqua, NY and Nantucket, MA. In 2001, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Since 2002, Leventi has assisted Robert Polidori in the studio and on international shoots as First Assistant, Archive Manager and Drum Scanner.

His photographs have been widely published in Culture & Travel, Vanity Fair, Travel & Leisure, Best Life, I.D. Magazine, New York, LIFE Magazine, Time Out New York, and Time Out New York Kids. He was recently selected by Photo District News (PDN) as one of 2007's Top 30 Emerging Photographers.

Leventi's personal work includes retracing his family's history and his great-grandfather's resistance to fascism and communism in Romania, which was featured as a photo essay in the second issue of Culture & Travel magazine (Nov/Dec 2006).

His advertising work includes projects for Concrete Brand Imaging Group, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Knoll International and R 20th Century Design.

One of his recent projects is the extensive photo documentation of White Oak Plantation in Florida for Concrete Brand Imaging Group.