On October 1, 2014, The Food Trust HYPE campaign brought Philadelphia Phillies shortstop (former) Jimmy Rollins and his wife Johari to the George W. Childs School in South Philadelphia. The Rollins’ spoke with students about …
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Tom Wolf Walk-A-Day
Millionaire Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf got a first-hand view of what it is like to be a low-wage home health aid on October 3, 2014. Wolf’s experience was part of a “Walk-A-Day,” where a …
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The Navy Yard 5K
The Navy Yard in South Philadelphia has become a hub for business and industry under the management of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC). At 1,200 acres, The Navy Yard offers office space, green space, and …
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Opera Philadelphia – Library Acts of Culture
Library Acts of Culture – Opera Philadelphia On Monday, March 24, Andrew Bogard and Elena Perroni surprised library patrons with a short performance of an scene of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Bogard and Perroni, both students at the …
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BalletX – Library Acts of Culture
Library Acts of Culture – BalletX It was just a typical Tuesday at the Chestnut Hill branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, when a group of ballet dancers from BalletX performed two excerpts from their recent shows, Slump …
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Proposed Comcast Skyscraper
Over the last eight months I’ve done a few shoots for Foster + Partners, an architecture firm in the U.K. The project was top secret, and I was not allowed to tell anyone about what …
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King Tut statue created in Germantown unveiled at Texas museum
Late on Halloween night, Philadelphia artist Miguel Antonio Horn began unearthing a giant concrete sculpture of King Tutankhamen with a team of other artists in Germantown. Horn had been commissioned by the Brownsville Museum of …
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Benjamin Franklin Museum for Bluecadet
Over the last two years, the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Old City underwent a major renovation. The newly designed museum includes several interactive displays and animations created by Philadelphia-based design firm, Bluecadet. Just before the …
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Dave Tavani is a freelance videographer and photographer based in Philadelphia. In the last few years, Dave has worked on a variety of projects, mostly for nonprofit and arts organizations. He also shot second camera for Danny’s Guitar Shop, a television program that aired on local PBS affiliate WHYY. Currently, Dave works on video projects for McCarter Theatre Center, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Visit Philadelphia, The Food Trust, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Opera Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Additionally, Dave co-produces a monthly arts video feature for JerseyArts.com.