Dave Gevry Photography

06/08/2026

Sunset off the Cuban coast just hits different.

05/30/2026

One of the craziest traditions I have seen during my travels. The owner estimates approximately $800,000 are attached to the walls and ceiling of this iconic bar and restaurant with customers adding to it daily. As they say “it’s a great place, if you can find it”

05/28/2026

Currently in Marathon Florida preparing to shoot a sailing documentary project over the next few weeks. I have missed east voast beaches and sunrises!

05/04/2026

I have been working on a short documentary over the past few weeks. Would love your honest feedback before I begin making the longer version.
This is the Creative statement
From Condemned to Freedom is a short documentary about what happens when a person is forced to face death and discovers a different way to live. After a stage 4 cancer diagnosis, Charles Van Orden moved from fear toward peace, and from the distance of judgment toward the intimacy of service. Rather than telling a story of simple triumph, the film explores a quieter transformation: how mortality can strip life down to what matters most, and how purpose can be found in walking beside others through their suffering.
Visually, the film contrasts institutions of illness and law with moments of stillness, reflection, and human presence. The goal is to create a restrained, compassionate portrait that feels intimate rather than performative, and honest rather than sentimental. At its heart, this is a story about peace, love, and the choice to use whatever time remains in service of other people. Charles’s interviews frame life as gift, his wife grounds the cost and fear of the diagnosis, and the client and friend reveal how that inner change now shows up in the world around him.

From Condemned to Freedom | A Short Documentary on Cancer, Peace, and Purpose