About

I am a San Francisco based portrait photographer with a focus on the male face and form. However, I’m also interested in capturing subject matter that gives me inspiration such as the magic of drag, the variations of female beauty, and still life that begs you to look and discover. As a self taught creative, I pride myself on having an inherent ability to find those intimate nuances within a subject’s character. Whether it’s provocative or innocent, smiling or stoic, restrained or flashy, revealing a subjects true expression is always something to be celebrated and shared.

Exhibits

• This Is Exile, group exhibition (Berlin, Germany,) 2008 thisisexile.com/exhibitions/sth/
• The New York Art Book Fair, handbook images 2009, 2010 nyartbookfair.com
• Fear No Art, group exhibition (San Francisco, CA) 2011 sanfrancisco.com/fear-no-art-e1373512
• Antebellum Gallery, solo show (Los Angeles, CA) 2012 antebellumgallery.blogspot.com
• Munch Gallery, group exhibition FUKT To Start With (New York) 2010 munchgallery.com
• Leslie Lohman Gallery, solo show (New York) 2013 and 2018 leslielohman.org

Publications

• Handbook Magazine, self published (San Francisco, CA)
• OutThere Magazine (London, United Kingdom)
• Headmaster Magazine (Rhode Island, CT)
• Paramour Magazine (San Francisco, CA)
• Bruno Gmunder anthologies, “Raunch” (Berlin, Germany)
• Men Addicted Magazine #03 (Netherlands)
• Frontier Magazine, various cover images (Los Angeles, CA)
• Character Magazine issue #14, cover and featured photo spread (Paris, France)
• Advocate.com (honorable mention, January 2017)

darrenaphoto@gmail.com IG:@ankenbauerphotography