David Goldman was born in New York City and received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Minor in Spanish at the University of Rhode Island.
David Goldman pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
In 2010, Goldman joined the AP as a staff photographer based in Atlanta, Ga. He has covered events in his career ranging from U.S. Presidential campaigns and Olympic Games to stories in Afghanistan, Gaza, the West Bank and locally in the Southeastern U.S. He was part of the AP’s Pulitzer Prize Nominated Finalist team entry in 2010 for Breaking News Photography for their coverage of the war in Afghanistan. Goldman’s work has earned him Photographer of the Year from the New York Press Photographer’s Association in 2010 and 2013 and a World Press award in 2012 for his photo of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan.
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Pfc. Todd Ruiz, 20, of DeRidder, La., of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Platoon Apache Company of 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., keeps guard of a detainee at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province Tuesday Aug.18, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Jermarkest Wilson, 7, plays in a cart in the backyard of his home on Sapelo Island, Ga. on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Eight children catch a ferry every morning to attend school on the mainland since the last school operating on the island closed in 1978. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Cleveland Cavaliers’ A.J. Price stands for the National Anthem before the start of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Minnesota Twins pitcher Matt Capps prepares to throw during a baseball spring training workout Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Georgia Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, left, throws up paper from her desk with fellow lawmakers at the conclusion of the legislative session in the House chamber, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Wounded U.S. Army soldiers Spc. Kenneth Dykes, 20, left, of Greenville Tenn., and Pfc. James Gordon, 20, of Texas U.S. soldiers of the U.S. Army’s Apache Company 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., grab each other’s hands after being loaded side by side into a medi-vac helicopter after their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan’s Wardak Province Wednesday Aug.19, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
People watch as stores burn Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked sometimes violent protests. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
People arrive on a school bus at Newtown High School for a memorial vigil attended by President Barack Obama for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Sharron Grovner stands in the backyard of her home in the Hog Hammock community of Sapelo Island, Ga. on Thursday, May 16, 2013 “As we get older, we doubt what the future holds,” says Grovner. “In 15, 20 years, I hope and pray that we’ll still be here.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Canadian Forces soldier, Cpl. Ben Vandandaigue, plays on a drum kit, Friday, June 24, 2011, on Forward Operating Base Sperwan Ghar overlooking the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is pointed to by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at a campaign event Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Desirae Masterson, from Indianapolis, Ind., with her hat covered in a plastic bag to protect it from the rain, shares a mint julep with her husband Ray before the running of the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A pedestrian walks through a downtown underpass as the midday sun casts shadows from overhead beams, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Eddie Wilson, 65, puts on his glasses while riding the ferry from the mainland to attend a church service for the 129th anniversary of St. Luke Baptist Church on Sapelo Island, Ga. on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Isolated over time to the Southeast’s barrier islands, the Geechee of Georgia and Florida, otherwise known as Gullah in the Carolinas, have retained their African traditions more than other African American communities in the U.S. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
In this Aug. 19, 2009 photo, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden, La., centers, covers Pfc. James Gordon, 20, of Texas, both of the U.S. Army’s Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., from the rotar wash of a landing medivac helicopter after Gordon sustained leg injuries when the armored vehicle he and six others were riding in hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan’s Wardak Province. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Digby, the horse ridden by Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, of Denmark, leaves the ring after completing their routine in the equestrian dressage competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A poster for the movie “The Interview” is taken down by a worker after being pulled from a display case at a Carmike Cinemas movie theater, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Atlanta. Georgia-based Carmike Cinemas has decided to cancel its planned showings of “The Interview” in the wake of threats against theatergoers by the Sony hackers. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In 2010, Goldman joined the AP as a staff photographer based in Atlanta, Ga. He has covered events in his career ranging from U.S. Presidential campaigns and #Olympic Games to stories in #Afghanistan, #Gaza, the West Bank and locally in the Southeastern U.S.
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