A Fevered Dream

A Fevered Dream is a fictional story on the California desert told through non-fictional photographs. A mystical land both brutal and unforgiving while teeming with life. By its very nature the desert attracts the fringe, outsiders, misfits and those that can handle the harsh realities of the environment. But to the few who abide there and the sojourners seeking quiet, beauty, and hidden magic - these dunes, peaks, plateaus and vast expanses are a wonderland of possibilities and secrets waiting to reveal themselves. I seek not to tell a linear story for this place calls for one more surreal. Instead, I only look to document these places, people and moments, allowing the viewer to take their own journey and come to their own conclusions on this tale of magical surrealism.

© David Walter Banks - The Canal.
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The Canal.

© David Walter Banks - Roadside Companions.
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Roadside Companions.

© David Walter Banks - Into the Abyss.
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Into the Abyss.

© David Walter Banks - Rock.
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Rock.

© David Walter Banks - Into the Storm.
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Into the Storm.

© David Walter Banks - In Memoriam.
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In Memoriam.

© David Walter Banks - Path to the Waterfall.
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Path to the Waterfall.

© David Walter Banks - Jon O.
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Jon O.

© David Walter Banks - Wasteland.
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Wasteland.

© David Walter Banks - Crossing.
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Crossing.

© David Walter Banks - Sea of Death.
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Sea of Death.

© David Walter Banks - Santa.
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Santa.

© David Walter Banks - The Keys are Still Here.
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The Keys are Still Here.

© David Walter Banks - Everything Cracks.
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Everything Cracks.

© David Walter Banks - In the Wind.
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In the Wind.

© David Walter Banks - Coco.
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Coco.

© David Walter Banks - Everything Revealed.
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Everything Revealed.

© David Walter Banks - The Captain.
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The Captain.

© David Walter Banks - Victor.
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Victor.

© David Walter Banks - Enter Darkness.
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Enter Darkness.

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