David Shama’s first monograph 'Do Not Feed Alligators' takes us on an existential journey into the decayed post-capitalist topography of a largely forgotten America–one where he presents youth engaged in achingly commonplace activities. There is an overarching sense in all of these pictures that his subjects are the angel-headed hipsters of a generation that has somehow been left behind, traversing what is left of a tragic, broken landscape–their thousand-yard stares seeking Elysian fields glinting seductively in the setting sun of their minds, far beyond the edge of the world. Shama employs Americana to map a narrative of existence among the flotsam and jetsam of society, where abandoned cars, vacated diners and dive motels act as the leitmotif of a journey into being and nothingness. While there are flashes of naturalistic beauty in the way in which his young muses are caught in the eye of his lens, there is no sentimentality, rather every frame contains a haunted, limbo-esque atmosphere. These figures, we are always aware, count their number among the beautiful and the damned. Ultimately, 'Do Not Feed Alligators' seeks to suggest that we are all on a metaphorical road to nowhere–an apocalyptic landscape of the soul that is both beautiful in its mundane temporality, and boundless in its potential for quietly enticing mythology.

David Shama (born February 3, 1977) is a Swiss photographer living in New York City. He is known for his art and fashion work. He began taking photographs in 2005 and quickly gained recognition with his documentary style and narrative cinematic portraiture. Shama has lived in Argentina, Paris, Los Angeles and New York–every place merely acting as a temporary respite from his unending personal quest to drive toward an undefinable horizon point. The faces he encounters, and the landscapes he maps, complete the story not only of the girls he travels with, but also of his desire to art direct the real into the hyper-real.

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