David Akiba (October 7, 1940 – August 24, 2019)[1][2] was an American photographer and educator who lived and worked in Boston, best known for his landscape photography.
He went on to study with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at the Rhode Island School of Design, and he received a Master's in Fine Arts from there in 1973.
In 1985, Akiba received a MassProductions grant to photograph the Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace park system for two years, which led to a series of related exhibitions once the work was completed.
A few years prior, Daniel had created a critically acclaimed short documentary called My Brother's Wedding, which featured some of his father David Akiba's photographs.
Akiba's photographs of the MBTA were included in the photo book, Images of Rail: Boston’s Orange Line.