went to Berklee School of Music
to study music production, but
transferred back to Miami after a
semester. I literally stumbled into
the school newspaper one day
and started shooting for them. I
became the assistant photo editor, then the photo editor and the
editor in chief of the yearbook. I
changed over to photo journalism major and became a stringer
for the United Press International
(UPI) after school. I went on to
the Associated Press and eventu-
ally the Miami Herald. In 2001, I
moved to New York City and became a freelancer.
You’ve been on tour with several
bands before, but was this your
first world tour? Yeah, you could
say that. I toured with Bare Naked
Ladies on and off for many years
and that was sort of all over North
America, but I never traveled the
way Bon Jovi does. I mean, the
band is on a private jet. And I was
literally on the plane with them
every day, going from country to
Watch a video on David Bergman and his photography
New Jersey Stage
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