Godt Brød Exhibition

I Play for Pleasure

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As of today I have a selection of my pictures and drawings on display in Godt Brød ecological bakery/café, Trondheim.

Godt Brød Trondheim
Thomas Angells gate 16
7011 Trondheim
73 53 61 40
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Opening hours are 8am-6pm everyday except Sunday.
It’s an excellent bakery/café right in the city centre so please drop in, have something to eat, take a look around and leave a note in the guestbook!

The exhibition is a mix of things old and new.  On display are my previous black & white photographs from France and Scotland, a more recent surreal/dark series on loneliness and solitude and also a few of my line drawings that are fresh off the press.You can also look at/buy postcards and my collection book Times Beyond the Tree.

You can browse my photos and drawings here

If you are interested in buying any photos/drawings/prints just get in touch for a price and details on size and framing: davidmichaelshanks@gmail.com

Thanks,

David

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More going on over there

emotional eviction, originally uploaded by David Shanks.

More recent line drawings and photos from Cuba are now available over on my flickr page

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“Times beyond the tree” is available online

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

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
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Take a pen and paper…and selected short stories

  • 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.

Awkward Onward Struggle It Flows Through Thee Connected Harmony

  • 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.

Belfast - Sandy Row Mural


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A new gallery….

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.

Day4: Africa Rub  in the Pain Light Breath

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

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