Patrick Donovan Studios: The Archive

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talk soon xoxo

What a busy month September was...

Hi all -

Thanks for sticking around. Lots more coming soon. Had a random eye based illness that made it so that I couldn't truly edit work for a couple weeks l o l.

New things coming like a new poetry book, and of course, lots more photos like these.

xoxoxoxoxo

more more more

thanks for being so patient - more incoming this week xoxoxoxoxo

You've been waiting for these

This was one of the first guys I photographed back when I really got serious about my practice years ago. We're back, and boy do we have content for you. Lots more to come - I promise.

A cheeky mini post

Thanks for sticking with me - I've got a whole lotta stuff lined up here.

See you soon -

August is the best month

So here are some unreleased images from back in June.

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Just popping in to keep you all on your toes with a select few from a recent sesh

Some outtakes from my sesh with my friend Austin

Loved doing this shoot - inspired by some ancient Falcon studios catalog shots.

You can see the more curated collection on my instagram.

xx

Welcome to the party, baby

Unsure what happened, but I’ve gotten a ton of new subscribers lately. Thank you so much for being here. I haven’t been able to update as often as I’d like, but there’s a pretty substantial collection of older posts for your browsing in the meantime.

The life of a freelance photographer is a lot like fishing. Sometimes you go out and catch a big one and you don’t have to fish again for a long time.

Most of the time, it’s a lot of little fish that don’t amount to much...

New work

love y'all - more to come

Poem | 4-12-25

just wondering - do you miss me?
have you seen me lately? 
i haven’t -
and when the ringing 
in your ears
gets so loud that the 
wetness outside
sounds even softer -
do you think of it?

and i know a place
where the sun is even brighter
and that rowboat, takes you
down the way;
a ladder and a window (stained glass)
and phone calls that last for years,
and truthfully, i haven’t
stopped calling 

car crashes and alar...

April April April

Well. We've done it again. Another month down. I've got some brand new photos for you, some of which will hit insta tonight in a late night moment and some that will just exist here, for now.

I've been going thru the hard drives again which means you can hopefully expect some remasters on some old work that never really stood a chance.

For now, all my love and all my chaos

xx

patrick

Moments from February with a fave

Working our way back thru these - there may or may not be a book coming your way sometime soon - we’ll see! Is that something you’d like again? There are so many files just….sitting

Something a little different -

been pulling thru archives again, and i'm not sure I still have these files in any other format than these, but these were never fully released.

some major chaos of my life back in 2016/17. A different time.

Do I ever say anything other than sorry?

The header says it all. What's good? I can tell ya: not a whole lot. But! At least I have a manic little new poem to share with you, and that's something, right?

Times are weird. I miss people who fucking hate me. Some things never change, huh.

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2 - 25 - 25

new shoes on my old feet

the doors don't open like they used to

--- is home from berlin - will i go

entourage mode?

so much to...

Mid Feb Round UP

Got some new stuff for y'all that will be hitting here first before it does insta.

Hope the month's been kind to you; it's hard out here.

1-22-25

my glasses broke

and i guess i'll have to

wear my old ones.

the same ones i

put joey in,

when we pretended he was

river phoenix,

and that's okay that that magazine

ghosted us, they're bullshit anyway,

unless they wanna hire me

and then, for legal reasons,

they're perfect.

one time my friend told me

i had a stye,

we were walking along houston,

and he smiled

and told me

"do you have a...

2025....

What a start to the year; jesus christ. I opened my first solo show ever and then the world ended! What a rush. I'm really trying to be better about posting here more often, and I know I've said that for the past year, but I really mean it. I'll be actively shooting work for this as often as possible, so hopefully you'll get to see some new stuff.

For now, I'm sharing the rest of this session. Tell your friends, share, whatever. It helps more than you know to have these little surprise ...

A little December update:

I’ve had a lot going on in my ~personal~ life and guess what?! I fell behind. Always happy to see a couple new faces here. Tell your friends. This is kinda like untucked, ur only getting half the story.

Here’s some new photos with a new friend; more to come from this session so stay tuned.

Happy holidays!

Insert some joke about feasting on this after Thanksgiving —- ur welcome

We're back - again

Miss me? Idk. I did.

I've been making so much work lately and not sharing it as often as I'd like. So! In the name of that - here you go.

Michael is one of my fave collaborators, and I'm stoke to share these new ones with you.

Love y'all.

Tad, recently

I've been so busy lately, which is a good thing. I turned 30, the election happened, etc etc etc. So it goes. We keep moving, and I'll be here sharing new work with all of you. Thanks for sticking around - tell your friends!

I say the same exact thing every time but I just don't have words like I used to. Most of my thought goes into getting through the day and sending out emails, so I can continue to make this work. I hope you enjoy getting to see this side of things, even as ou...

New essays!

I've been working on a collection of vignettes for the past couple years, and finally made a dent in their progress. I'll be sharing many of them here, while I continue to write and get them together.

As always, thank you for sticking around! Means the world -

October 2019

Dennis was on the J train, headed somewhere into Bushwick. October had finally shown up, and 15 days in it was just starting to get cold enough to wear a jacket at...

Sky Lakota-Lynch

Recently got to hang and shoot with Tony nominee Sky Lakota-Lynch and he was a dream. Here's some outtakes from that session.

a poem

i've had to kill so many in my mind

and the real dead ones;

and everyone i've ever loved

as a brother, as a sister, as a friend

as two kids driving down the highway

and riding skateboards

and walking in the snow;

they're all dead, and meeting

the face, so familiar; like a long lost

brother; sister; friend

sober and screaming;

waking up; you've been dreaming

we've been learning all along

turning 30 in a leaf s...

You saw it here first:

Trying to actively be better about posting here; your support means everything. A lot of people don't realize that it's just me running all of this. Being my own studio manager, my own agent, my own advocate. I schedule all my own work, I schedule my posts here, I run my instagram. It's a lot. I am easily overwhelmed. I do all of this while working a survival job (managing a coffee shop) 4 days a week.

I've been seeing a lot of people unsubscribe lately, and I get it! Money is t...

A treat

I wish things would be normal for a bit; my everyday main camera died yesterday and I'm in panic mode trying to figure out a solution in the meantime. Enjoy these, I gotta blast.

Unreleased

What’s up everybody! September is just around the corner and we are BOOKED this month!

That means lots more coming your way. Thanks for sticking around; we’ve got a new chapter unfolding soon.

Mason

Gooooooood afternoon! It's monday, and here we are.

Don't have much to share except these ones from a recent session with a new friend.

Hope the world is being kind to you; I'm trying my best.

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What's goooooooood

I've been making a lot of moves and sending an obscene amount of emails to clients and ultimately just hoping to make more work I can share here with you. These three are from a session pre covid with huihui. We used to shoot constantly and I'm really hoping to get back to form with consistently making work I want to share.

Hope everyone is having the time of their lives. I love August. I hate summer. I am just happy to be here.