GABRIEL MELLAN

I’m on to new adventures and redesigning my life.

It’s been a year since I moved out to San Francisco and I’m grateful to be near community, surf, siblings, and the redwoods.

Full Spectrum Love



#pridesf #bayareayoungsurvivors #cancersucks

I am proud of myself. Celebrate doing something that you perceived as complicated, delicate, and outside your ability level!

#carburetor #cleanse

Hello helium!

My first time in #joshuatree was with some magical kids. I got given the name Glitter Guy

#PeterPan #PiedPiper #desertrave #adventure #characterbuilding

My mom’s spirit animal is moss. #snugglewithmommy

Sequoia, moss, root, whittled, bark, lavender.

I love these women who help to hold me in the light. @helrenchen @ritacolin

#redwoods #bigbasinstatepark #hike #community #accountability #forest #sequoia #wood #whittling

Dusty again! Hickory polygon countertop.

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 pounding 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