About Us

David Lasker and Alan Martin, Partners Our photography has been published in Acorn (Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals), Architecture-Building, Architizer, Award (cover), Building, Canadian Architect, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Interiors, Cayman Marshall Collection, Construction Links Network, Cruise and Travel Lifestyles, Ensemble Vacations, Ensemble Weddings, Interior Design, Metropolis, National Post (Post Homes section cover), Oakville Beaver, Officeinsight, Ottawa Citizen, Retrofit (cover), Revitalization, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star (Real Estate section cover), Treehugger, World Architecture News, and Zoomer; and in advertisements, brochures and catalogues for Acuity Products (Peerless lighting), Borgo Contract Seating, Focus Wine Cellars, Forest Hill Optical, State of New Hampshire Travel and Tourism Development, Ven‐Rez Products (library shelving), Wightman Telecom (Orangeville, Ont., phone book cover), and Wilsonart (solid surfacing installations at hospitality venues). David studied at Juilliard and Yale, played Principal Bass with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, then moved to Toronto, where he has been Editor of Canadian Interiors and Canada’s Contract magazine, Fashion & Design Editor and Fine Arts Editor at The Globe and Mail, design columnist for The Los Angeles Times Magazine and Canadian correspondent for Interior Design, and OfficeInsight. As President of David Lasker Communications, a public relations firm in Toronto, he specializes in content creation and media relations for architects, interior designers, product designers, builders and suppliers. Alan studied at Langara College in Vancouver, where he acquired a comprehensive knowledge of photography lighting and mechanics, then moved to Toronto, where he opened Refraction Arts Studio and School, shooting for a wide array of clients ranging from fashion to product and teaching many of today's well-known photographers.