David Shanks

Revivalist Music

admin — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:20:22 +0000

I found some videos of my old band Barefoot from Glasgow . Head over to the my music section to check them out. You can also find more Barefoot songs at our Myspace

“Times beyond the tree” is available online

admin — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:32:21 +0000

A collection of my recent photographs, line drawings, texts and song lyrics are available in the form of a book portfolio called Times beyond the tree (hardback and softback!) Click the cover below where you can find out about the book, preview it and order it online.

Times beyond the tree is a short portfolio selection of my recent photographs, line drawings, texts and song lyrics.

Loneliness, solitude, emptiness.

Awareness, connections, excitement.

Beauty.

A tiptoed journey that turns dead-end glances to next door’s shadows

An awkward, onward struggle that can never be as expected

A couple lie in bed and listen to one another breathe

An old woman is reassured as a flag signals her death

Two strangers find out they have already met and spoken without words

And a windowsill sunset somehow connects it all together in perfect harmony

The title is a reference to Chris Marker’s photomontage La Jétée . A man travels back in time to save civilisation and find his former love. While in a park, the couple stare at a cut cross-section of a giant sequoia tree that is marked with historical dates. The man points somewhere beyond the tree and says “This is where I come from”.

Preview a low quality selection of the book directly here

Take a pen and paper…and selected short stories

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:46:49 +0000

Recently it felt like it was time to draw…. Below is a little video snippet compilation of these drawings set to my own song Depth of Winter. Remember you can leave your comments at the bottom of this post.

Onward Upward Struggle by David Shanks

And here are some of the drawings on Flickr for a more considered look.

I will also be having the photo below published in the Swedish magazine Utblick in conjunction with an article on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

A new gallery….

admin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:12:36 +0000

You can peruse my photos in this nifty flash gallery by Airtight. I am now using a new webhost, so will get around to cleaning things up here shortly.

and in the meantime, some good old Scottish indie/folk/miserablism
Foxface - Last Waltz
http://www.myspace.com/thetwilightsad
http://www.myspace.com/frightenedrabbit

It is open…

admin — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:15:36 +0000

Just a brief, but very big thank you to everyone who turned up at the Look Up Look Out photo exhibition opening last night. Morten and I were very chuffed with how the evening turned out and how the pictures looked. Skydsstation was bursting at the seams - so much so that it was hard to see the pictures! So as I said, come back during the day soon for a coffee with good light and fewer people. Have a look at our pictures, read our booklet and sign our guestbooks.

All of my pictures on display are for sale so if you have any price/sizes/framing queries just email shanx99@hotmail.com

Look Up Look Out

Look Up Look Out photo exhibition is now upon us

admin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:53:51 +0000

Look Up Look Out is opening the 18/01/08 @18.00 in Baklandet Skydsstaion, Trondheim, Norway tomorrow. Morten and I are both very excited! Click here for a map & Click here to see my exhibition pics

If you have arrived here after seeing my work in Skydsstation and want to browse my portfolio please go to my Flickr page. For purchase/print size/framing questions please email shanx99@hotmail.com

Here is our press release in Norwegian on Morten’s blog: press release

Here are links to some supplementary documents that are on display in the exhibition:
My Photographer’s Biography (for more of an idea on what this exhibition is about)
My image blurbs
Look Up Look Out Expo Booklet
Press Release Text Doc (Norwegian) (again thanks to Morten)

Exhibition details/Flickr/PhotoShelter stock agency

admin — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:44:20 +0000

My photo exhibition with Morten Oddvik titled “Look up Look out” mentioned below will have its opening on 18/01/07 @18.00 in Baklandet Skydsstaion, Trondheim, Norway. Click the flyer below for the images that will be on display:

If you are interested in purchasing any of the images you see on exhibition or else on my site, please contact me via my email shanx99@hotmail.com for prices/prints/framing information.

I have also opened a flickr photo account to complement and possibly replace this website over time. Given its great community/comment/extra features Ill be mostly updating my flickr account with my past and present photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmichaelshanks/

I have also had some of my pics accepted by PhotoShelter stock photo collection. Here my pics are live and for sale, including several that were awarded the “editor’s choice”.
http://my.photoshelter.com/davidshanks
“Created by photographers in 2005, PhotoShelter has quickly become one of the professional photography industry’s most trusted brands”

New Photos, New Exhibition & Site change

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:08:20 +0000

An overdue update! You can find some of my most recent photography here in a very nice flash gallery called simpleviewer (if you don’t have flash you can see a limited number of the pictures in my normal gallery here). Either way, let me know what you think.

In January I will be having an exhibition of my photos in Skydstation, Trondheim, Norway with Morten Oddvik. More details to follow.

For the new year I will be changing webhost and my site. I hope to have a more comprehensive photography section as well as more of my music content online.

David & Johnny Demo Track

admin — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:15:44 +0000

David & Johnny: The highly original (thus far) name of the acoustic “home studio” project of David Shanks and Johnny Fulton. Hailing from sunny Larne, Northern Ireland and based in Glasgow, Scotland. Lo-fi melodic acoustic. Influences including Iron & Wine, Great Lake Swimmers, Turin Breaks, Bright Eyes, Daniel Johnston, Moutain Goats etc…

Listen to “Please Don’t Die”
(right click and “save target as” to download)

or simply click play below

[audio:http://www.shanx.co.uk/please%20dont%20die%20-03.mp3]

Please let us know what you think by posting in the comments section at the bottom of this page.

Montgomery’s Exhibition 17th April 2007

shanx99 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:07:53 +0000

My brother (Paddy Shanks) and I will be holding a joint painting/photography exhibition from the 17th April 2007 at:

Montgomerys
9 Radnor St
Glasgow, G3 7UA
(just along from Kelvin Way at the Sauchiehall/Argyll Street end in the West End of Glasgow)
click here for a map

I have updated my photography gallery section with some of the photohraphs I will be exhibiting:

The work on exhibition is for sale, as is most of that in the “photos” section. Please contact me by email shanx99@hotmail.com for more information. Prints are also available in different sizes, formats and framings.