Gold Beach

"Happy New Year" Road Trip to SF w/ Anders

THANK YOU! - DAY (-1)

DAY (-1)

I would like to Thank those of you who attended last night, 

making the opening to the gallery a huge success. I would 

like to acknowledge Neil and Phantom Gallery L.A./L.B. 

for giving me this amazing opportunity. Especially "Thank You!" to

Denise, Anders, Scott, Sister Mena, Latoya, and  Jade for all 

the prep work, keeping me sane, making me laugh, thus allowing 

me to concentrate on my work and getting me to the opening 

w/o stress. Its been an interesting journey and I owe a lot of the 

success to you all, we are a "Great Team!" Finally, thanks to those
that supported me from afar and those unable to make it out.

PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT COMING SOON!

"The Night Before" - Day 1 (image only)

 

 

0 days until the show

"NOT ALONE"

Presented by Phantom Gallery Los Angeles/ Long Beach

An exploration of solitude while in natural, urban, and/or open landscapes. by Darnell Bates

January 8 through February 6, 2011
Artist Reception: (Saturday) January 8, 2011 6 – 10pm
 346 E. 3^rd Street, Long Beach, California

Aural/Visual Pairing - "Sunshine"

 

 

It raining again just before New Years 2011

Music & Image Pairing - a way of expressing my 

mood musically and visually

photography, long beach, darnell bates, landscape, photographer, fine art

Click on the Music Link and let it play in the back

Floetry "Sunshine" (via YouTube)

[Chorus:]

I just wanna see my lovely sunshine(Sunshine)

I just wanna bring back all of my blue skies

And if you take away my rainbow I will cry(cry)

Give me back my sunshine

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Advantages: 

• Planet Earth watered (Flora (plants) & Fauna (animals))
• Snow in the hills
• a layer of crud washed off the Earth

Disadvantages:

• baby bunnies getting wet b/c of habitat loss <sad face>
• No Sunshine
• I am less motivated to shoot
• mudslides
• crud washed into the ocean

 

The Promise....

DB8S © 2009
"click on image for a larger view"

I was promised the sun, after the rain.

Another Road Trip....... (Image Only)

 

Somewhere between Las Vegas and Long Beach

The longest drive home

Need Inspiration?

"The Chase" DB8S © 2010
"click on image for a larger view"

"Be inspired by what inspired you initially" Darnell Bates

Every now and again you should go back to 

the moment (in my case photographic images) 

that inspired you to pursue that in which makes

you happy.

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The image above was taken some where along the Bonneville Salt Flats many many years ago as my olde roommate (Steve) and I drove from Oakland to Cleveland. The purpose of the trip was to spend time with him before he departed for an extended stay in Ghana. We laugh and had the greatest time on this trip. After capturing this image, it changed the way I thought about my photography and challenged me to capture the feeling and moment along with the image. This was the photograph that made me happy, made me think of calm and relaxing times, and eventually made me enroll into a photography program.

Romantic? Romanticism?

"Slope Off!" DB8S © 2010
"click on image for a larger view"

"Return to Here" DB8S © 2010
"click on image for a larger view"

Yes, I am! and it extends from my heart into my photography. While in the calm beauty of nature, I wish for nature to be this simple and beautiful forever and I strive for the same.  
Be Good to Yourself and Others

Darnell Bates @ DB8S.com

 
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ro·man·ti·cism    (r-mnt-szm)
NOUN:

1. often Romanticism An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.
2. Romantic quality or spirit in thought, expression, or action.