GABRIEL MELLAN

Two weeks of car trouble in Lordsburg, New Mexico on my move out to San Francisco. It's been tough on my spirit. My eyes are humbled and gratitude stretched. #desert #newmexico #ghosttown #travel #solitude #highdesert #lordsburg #silvercity

Since moving to DC in 2009 I've always wanted to skateboard down this hill. A great way to do it with a Chinese parasol and a silly shaped board I made. And what a fantastic kayak adventure with a similar souled traveler earlier in the night to connect with.
#parasol #skateboard #longboarding #suburbia

Family disco reunion and a slotted sculpture beach build with my mom.
#beach #sculpture #disco

I'm moving out to San Francisco and loading up my #DiscoVanGo with tools, surfboards, photo gear and my motorcycle.
Thanks to @brittanymooredesigns who sent me this drawing of my van and even included my camp shower and bed!

#crosscountry #roadtrip #packing #moving #drawing #fordtransit

Every person I met in Distomo showed me love! In some cases we received flowers, moonshine, ouzo, wine, selfies, and tours of part of their tragic past during WWII.
Greece has so much more than beach brunches and postcard villas. Staying in Distomo for a few days reminded me how magical it is to visit someplace that isn't a tourist destination.
#greece #distomo #travel #red #travelphotography #greek #mammutna

Keyhole portal to an ancient city!
The Acropolis looks so small from up here.
#acropolis #athens #greece #parthenon

I spent my early childhood on this street riding bikes and scraping my knees. Once when I was about 6, I came up crying to my mom as she was chatting with a neighbor. She saw my knee and said "you're gonna live".
It was a big day in my maturity and pain tolerance. Glad to have a mom who helped me see the scale of things early on.
Music: Disappearing — The War on Drugs
@instaazure #scrapedknees #childhoodunplugged #suburbia #skateboard #slomo #crying

These dudes have been meeting up for 17 years to fish at dawn, sip beer for breakfast and dance with rockfish.
#rockfish #fishing #dawn #chesapeakebay

Googly eyed!
#googlyeyes

Doing' wheelies!

#london #waterwheel #eye

Silver Altitude. Last two weekends getting silly with Beijing Family out in Vail and Moab.
#snowboard #slush #moab #vail #silkscarf @helrenchen @njhustad @serve_the_pandas
track: "on the double" by DJ Krush

I forgot where he was going after Estonia but he had long boarded from Oslo.
#filmportrait #travelphotography #estonia #photography #portrait #mediumformat #filmisnotdead #skateboard #longboarding #120mm

Annika's voice and energy was so peaceful. It was so fun to follow her dancing braids through the crowd. Here is medium format portrait from 2014 of her before singing in a national parade in Tallinn, Estonia.
#filmportrait #filmisnotdead #hasselblad #120mm #film #filmphotography #mediumformat #portrait #photography #estonia #travelphotography

だんご3きょうだい！
We shared a triple bunk bed growing up in Tokyo and now share a love for creating, healing and connecting in many forms. It's been a great journey to watch us all mature in our character, physical beings, and energetic identities.
#portrait #filmisnotdead #hasselblad #120mm #siblings #film #family #きょうだい

My Sister.
She is fearless in the foreign, comfortable without things, and courageous in water. She is a woman committed to spiritual, emotional and physical growth. I felt her name come to me as we left the ultrasound and my parents listened. @anniemellan
#aguacaliente #hotsprings #family #sister #film #120mm #hasselblad #filmisnotdead #portrait #annie #

My Brother.
He saw me stumble through puberty in Tokyo and we navigated Japanese language and alleys with wild curiosity.
#filmportrait #portrait #filmisnotdead #120mm #120film #hasselblad #brothers #family #hotsprings #aguacaliente #oliver

My Dad.
We've gone trough some tough spots in our relationship but are committed to each other. His love for me was always so strong and I'm so glad I have grown to finally see it.
#120film #film #hasselblad #120mm #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #portrait #filmportrait #father #dad #family #greyhair

#FowlLife
#RoostersOfInstagram
#yearoftherooster

Lime green spangles!!! Been wearing this around London for the last week and think it's really helped lift some heads up while walking with their glowing screens. #sequins #disco #spangled

Exhaust door patch or #accidentaldesign ?
#fineart #warehouse #FutureArtistCompound

Climbed up into this tug boat carcass with my sister. Hearts thumped with every wave thumping the side and swaying the rusted deck.
#abandonedplaces #tugboat #marinelife #shorething #shipwreck #boatshoes

Character Christmas
#siblings #wyland #whaleshark

Golfito turtle baby beach release. #featherinmycap #swimsuitedition

We need each other
#hasselblad500c #film #120mm @janekukk took this photograph of me

First time at Rockaway on Monday. Humbled and stoked through and through. Levitation capture by @bigclarence
Wave analysis by @clarissamalek
#winter #surf #bleak #swell

Black tie attire! #printerInk #cmyk

Pro'lly gone polygon.
#gongwrong #polygon #geodesicdome #buckminsterfuller
thanks for the photo @lizamanf and light @amand0lin

Slow down - observe - investigate - discover - play - create, reflect .... my #designprocess
@nils_frahm on percussion piano
#humanistcDesign #AngleGrinder #flapwheel #metaldust #magnetic #palmreading

I-saw-a-lotta-these / Isosceles
I went from struggling with algebra in Maui to floundering in trigonometry in Japanese middle school. Wish I had been fabricating and learning critical math concepts at the same time.
#isosceles #triangle #weld #LosAngles #getthebalanceright #teachingmath #sinecosinetangent #trigonometry

Welding Vishnu. It took me 4 whole #bonobo songs to get this photo! #square #weld #しばらく #四角い #vishnu

Getting rid of stuff and found #edwardscissorhands I made in 2002.

1997, 2006, 2016
Appreciation for the encouragement and ability to be able to experience hearts, cultures, landscapes and languages around the world. I don't count the countries I've been to... I place value on the interactions and expansion of my understanding as a result of traveling.

The #Heptachord is back and had a full day performance at the #MakerFaireSS . I was super stoked to design and build some of the activities for @kidmuseum , where I work. It felt amazing to see wide eyed kids and grinning parents interact for hours with something that began as an idea in my head. #interactiveart #sculpture #midicontroller #artshouldtouched