Meet the Artist

David Walter Banks is an artist based in Atlanta, Georgia with a deep love for the natural world. He believes the outdoors is a healing and magical space vital to our existence and worth preserving. 

His work ranges from stylized conceptual portraiture to environmental-issue based documentary photography. In his free time he spends as much time as possible in nature with his wife, pups, and camera.

His work is in the permanent collection of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library - Yale University, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, and the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection at the New York Public Library. 

He has lectured at Western Kentucky University, Ohio University, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, University of Miami, SCAD, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Montana, and UMass. 

His clients have included TIME Magazine, Apple, The New York Times, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, ProPublica, Toyota, The Wall Street Journal, Target, The Washington Post, Variety, and Red Bull among others.

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Environmental Policy

  • Do No Harm

    Carbon Neutral from buy button to your doorstep.

  • Give Back

    10% of print sale profits go to benefit The Wilderness Society.

  • Raise Awareness

    Shed light on the importance of our wild spaces and their need for protection through art.

Carbon Neutral Printing

This means our printer minimizes energy usage and uses suppliers of renewable energy. Where unavoidable, they offset all of their carbon emissions.

Sustainable Materials

All papers and wood-based materials are sourced from Forestry Stewardship Council certified sustainable sources. Packaging materials have been carefully selected to reduce the impact on the environment whilst still ensuring your artwork gets to you in perfect condition. Plastics are kept to a minimum and all packaging materials are sustainably sourced, being a mixture of recycled, recyclable or biodegradable materials.

Your purchase gives back

  • 10% of print sales go to benefit the non-profit TWS.
  • TWS Mission: Uniting people to protect America's wild places
  • TWS Vision: A future where people and wild nature flourish together, meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing planet.