David Pluth had more than thirty years of experience behind the lens. He was one of a small number of artists called on by both government organizations and established wildlife and tourist books to photograph and film within hostile and remote environments.

His work was featured in such magazines as Newsweek, National Geographic, Travel Africa, New Scientist, Harpers & Queen, Scienza Nuova, Traveler, Business Traveler, Africa Environment and Wildlife, Adventure Travel, World Press Review and Odyssey. Pluth also contributed primary photography to such ethnographic books as: Kilimanjaro, Journey to the Roof of Africa (2002, National Geographic) and Eye of the Storm, a Photographic Journey Through Uganda (2001, Camerapix International Publishers).