The invention of humourous situations was the key element of his work. But instead of the risky business of waiting for and capturing a decisive funny moment, David opted for the certainty of staging his images. Helped by his lively imagination and some simple props, which he conceived and crafted himself, he created his unique photographic art. Some of his photos, comic compositions of cats, piglets and frogs, have become hugely popular also as calendars. After all this time David McEnery’s pictures still sell around the world, proof that a good joke is timeless. For David the most pleasing reward of his work was the “smile of a viewer” - to him "worth a million dollars".

David died in 2002 in Rennes (France).