Olympos - Upward Gaze
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In Olympos: Upward Gaze, the mountains rise not as boundaries but as thresholds — silhouettes that draw the eye toward the weightless expanse above them. Here, the sky becomes an abstract plane of emotion, shifting between deep greens, wine tones, indigo, and midnight blue. The landscape is no longer anchored to the earth; it is lifted into the realm of the imagined, where color becomes atmosphere and atmosphere becomes memory.
The upward compositions invite a quieter form of longing — a reaching beyond what is visible. The mountains remain as ancient witnesses, but the true subject is the space above them: the place where breath expands, thought loosens, and the world feels briefly unbound.
This series continues my exploration of the threshold between realism and abstraction, but with a more ascendant energy — an opening rather than a grounding. If Earthbound Gaze listens to the hush of the land, Upward Gaze listens to the silence of the sky. Together, they form a meditation on presence, perception, and the infinite ways a landscape can hold us.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC, David Drebin is a multidisciplinary artist working in various art forms producing limited edition works including Photographs, Lightboxes, Neon Light Installations, Diamond Dust works and more.
Following his first solo exhibition at Camera Work in Berlin in 2005 and the release of his first comprehensive illustrated book “Love and Other Stories” in 2007, Drebin experienced a stream of representation by some of the most prestigious galleries around the globe.
Drebin’s artworks also known as “Drebins” are unique and instantly recognizable as his own. His artistic style is often described as epic, dramatic and, above all, cinematic. Drebin has released eight books with teNeues publishing including “The Morning After”, “Beautiful Disasters”, “Chasing Paradise”, “Dreamscapes”, “Love and Lights”, “Before They Were Famous”, “Collectors Edition” an oversized limited edition monograph and the most recently released “Flirting With Danger”. Drebin’s books are distributed through the finest bookstores around the world.
His work combines voyeuristic and psychological viewpoints in a unique manner, offering the viewer a dramatic insight into emotions and experiences which many of us have doubtlessly felt at some point in our lives.
Transient Echoes
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In Transient Echoes, the sea becomes both stage and mirror — a place where joy and transience coexist under the guise of perfection. These images, awash in luminous turquoise and overexposed light, appear at first to depict ordinary scenes of summer — beachgoers, waves, play. Yet beneath their brightness lies something more fragile: the impossibility of holding on to the moment itself.
By pushing color to the edge of unreality, I reimagine the surface of happiness. The turquoise waters and bleached sands dissolve into abstraction, transforming the beach into a metaphor for time — dazzling, infinite, yet fleeting. The figures, caught mid-motion, seem to fade into light, their outlines dissolving as if memory itself were erasing them.
These are not scenes of leisure but meditations on impermanence. Each photograph holds the residue of a vanishing instant — laughter suspended, bodies dissolving, water shimmering like recollection. What remains is not documentary truth, but emotional afterimage: how joy feels just before it disappears.
Transient Echoes continues my search for the space between photography and painting — between what is real and what is remembered. It is a study of surfaces that conceal depth, of moments that glow brightest as they begin to fade. In the tension between radiance and loss, the image becomes both memory and mirror — a place where time stands still, only to slip away again.
Awards: Gold Winner, 2022 Pollux Awards, Bronze Winner – 2022 Tokyo Foto Awards
A graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC, David Drebin is a multidisciplinary artist working in various art forms producing limited edition works including Photographs, Lightboxes, Neon Light Installations, Diamond Dust works and more.
Following his first solo exhibition at Camera Work in Berlin in 2005 and the release of his first comprehensive illustrated book “Love and Other Stories” in 2007, Drebin experienced a stream of representation by some of the most prestigious galleries around the globe.
Drebin’s artworks also known as “Drebins” are unique and instantly recognizable as his own. His artistic style is often described as epic, dramatic and, above all, cinematic. Drebin has released eight books with teNeues publishing including “The Morning After”, “Beautiful Disasters”, “Chasing Paradise”, “Dreamscapes”, “Love and Lights”, “Before They Were Famous”, “Collectors Edition” an oversized limited edition monograph and the most recently released “Flirting With Danger”. Drebin’s books are distributed through the finest bookstores around the world.
His work combines voyeuristic and psychological viewpoints in a unique manner, offering the viewer a dramatic insight into emotions and experiences which many of us have doubtlessly felt at some point in our lives.
When Time Melts - Pistachio

When Time Melts – Pistachio
Date: July, 2020
Location: Central Park Reservoir, NYC
Series: When Time Melts
Medium: Archival Fine Art Photographic Paper
The “When Time Melts ” series is an exploration of the interplay between light, color, and form, where the city’s architecture becomes a canvas for artistic expression. Taken at the Central Park Reservoir, the series invites the viewer to see the city in a new light, where the boundaries between reality and abstraction blur, creating a dreamlike vision of the urban landscape. The softened lines and blurred forms suggest a world in motion, yet suspended in time, The result is a piece that transcends the literal, offering instead a mood, a feeling, a moment of peace in the midst of the city’s relentless pace.
Awards: Bronze Medal from the 2021 The Prix de la Photography Paris, Honorable Mention from the 2020 International Photography (IPA) Awards, Honorable Mention from the 2021 Neutral Density Awards, Honorable Mention from the 2022 19th Pollux Awards
24" x 36" - Edition of 7
40" x 60" - Edition of 5
60" x 90" - Edition of 3
Price upon request.
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