Darbe Images: My Favorite Photos of 2019

Two thousand and nineteen was mixed bag.

The year started off productive. I worked in, and got to photograph, San Francisco and New Orleans early on. In July I made the long overdue move from my forever home in New York City, to the always sunny Miami. Working remotely for Medscape has been a big change for me. I was a little apprehensive at first but, I've settled in and things are beginning to feel like normal here in southern Florida. It sux that Donald Trump followed me down here though. Another thing that sucked even more this year? A few months ago, I lost my best friend Joe, to kitty cancer. This has been very difficult to deal with but, I'm hopeful that in 2020 I'll find a new fur buddy to try and fill that immense hole that Joe left behind. 2019 was the year of saying goodbye, for sure. I said adios to a lot of friends and loved ones. I guess I just wasn't feeling the relationships anymore or the communication was crap? 2020 will be about new relationships and strengthening the few great ones I still have. Speaking of such... the highlight of this past year was my annual trip to California. This time I talked my cousins into making their first trek out to the west coast to join me in LA and the Joshua Tree NP for some hiking and photography. We had an amazing time together and created some lasting memories. #familybonds Can't wait to see what 2020 has in store for me. #changeandadapt

In case you missed my social media posts, here's a few of my favorite photos from these happenings in 2019.

DJ Lupe Fuentes performs in Brooklyn, NY. 

The Garden District in New Orleans.

The Painted Ladies of San Francisco.

The infamous Golden Gate Bridge.

The women of Medscape on assignment.

Portrait of Pulitzer Prize winning author and Doctor, Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Rick Ross performs at the annual Bushwick Collective Block Party.

 

Pablo and Kristina sit under Italian duo Rosk & Loste's new mural in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

The rain falls on the Vessel in New York City.

Biscayne Bay in Miami.

Vanessa sits for a portrait at SLS Brickell Heights.

The new home in Miami.

Jamie and Eric clowning in the JT Sun.

The Joshua Tree with my cousins.

Swiss graffiti artist Seyo, in Miami. 

Admiring Jenny Boot's "Luca" at Art Miami.

Belgian artist and suitcase traveler Caratoes, creating a massive mural during Art Basel.

RIP to my bestest fur buddy, Joe.

Darbe Images: Best Photos of 2016

Two Thousand and seventeen can't get here soon enough. Just a few more hours and we can say goodbye to the uniquely bad, 2016. A lot of celebrity deaths this past year. So many of them were 80's stars or icons we grew up with. 😔 My 2015 nightmare prediction that big city liberals would help make Donald Trump the next American president? That came true. Ooof. Terrorism affected my travel plans for the first time this year. I canceled plans for South Africa, shortly after the Istanbul airport bombing. And that city is still having terrorism issues as of earlier tonight. 😞 The Obamas - our generation's greatest POTUS and FLOTUS, are saying farewell to the White House but, word is, they'll still be very active on the social front in the years to come. Can't wait! 

As for my photography? If you hadn't noticed already, my new website is live. Please check it out. I licensed a few of my photos for print projects this year. Most notably was my double page inclusion in the book, "Hip Hop Raised me", which was released worldwide by publishers Thames and Hudson. I shot the WebMD Health Hero Awards with Seth Rogan, Robyn Roberts, Maureen McCormick and a host of other notable celebs, musicians and world renowned medical experts. That was this past November. All in all, it was a good year for me, on the photography front. 

In case you missed them on Facebook or Instagram, here's a few of my favorite shots from 2016.