David Walter Banks is an American-born photographer based in Los Angeles, California, and a graduate of the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He's a conceptually based documentary, lifestyle, and portrait photographer, focusing on long-term projects and editorial commissions. His clients have included Rolling Stone Magazine, The FADER, TIME Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, New York Times Magazine, GQ, Mother Jones, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Bloomberg Businessweek, ESPN The Magazine, WIRED Japan, Spin Magazine, XXL Magazine, CNN, NPR, Le Monde, US News & World Report, Forbes Magazine, Stern Magazine, AARP, Golf Digest, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Google, Scripps Networks, HAVAS Health, Bombay Sapphire, and SBE Entertainment Group, among others.