All the gaps between large destination cities in the United States where small towns once thrived are slowly dwindling. As chain superstores expand and large commercial farming conglomerates grow and dominate the market, small family-owned businesses are a disappearing slice of American subculture, contributing to the death of small-town America. A downturn in the country’s economy including the crash of the real-estate market and the closing of small-town banks has fueled this growing fire.
David Walter Banks
Atlanta, Georgia | +1.706.296.3085 | davidbanks@luceoimages.com
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BIOGRAPHY
David Walter Banks (b. 1982) is an American born photographer living in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a conceptually based documentary and portrait photographer. His work is aimed at questioning the way in which we view the everyday reality around us. Banks was a candidate for the 2009 and 2010 PDN30, and his work was recognized by the 2009 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2009 census of emerging photographers. His work was exhibited at the 2009 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph and most recently at the Aperture Gallery in New York and an upcoming show at the Houston Center for Photography. David's clients have included The New York Times, Stern Magazine, TIME Magazine, US News & World Report, GQ, Bombay Sapphire, Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, The FADER Magazine, Golf Digest, Spin Magazine, XXL Magazine, Sporting News, Interscope Records, IEEE Spectrum Magazine, Bloomberg News and Atlanta Magazine