Eric Schwabel
@mrschwabel
🔞 I'm a weirdo in Joshua Tree who makes photos and arts and doesn’t understand most pop culture references. Uncensored work at patreon.com/misterschwabel prints at prints.schwabelstudio.com
Happy Friday, Kids. I want her to remake this song and video with updated 2026 lyrics, but keep production at the exactly same level. Am available to help.
"Nymph no 1" feat. Stefano Part of my exhibition "Fertile Desert" at Ted Casablanca gallery in Palm Springs.
Outtake with Chris @ Anza-Borrego Wide-open vacant locations are my favorite. Harder and harder to find.
Coyote parade down our driveway tonight! That’s 7 total. Looks like momma and kids. Never seen more than 2-3 at a time before tonight. Was preceded by a very frantic bunny 👀
Model: “Romeo” shot for Playgirl Magazine ca. 2006(?) The backdrop was a bunch of flashes I bought on eBay in bulk that flash when they “see” another flash go off, mounted to a black wall.
Please enjoy this photo of my ginormous sweetheart of a friend Tim. Shot this seconds after meeting him for the first time at Burning Man 2014.
Happy #humpday! Featuring Ruaridh on my roof (you're welcome, neighbors)
Happy #Fursday! I dug up some college work (ca. 2001?) for this one. Shot on film, no less! #mediumformat
🍎 was the only remaining subscription I had on @profgalloway.com's #resistandunsubscribe list. I've been an Apple customer since I was a teenager (I'm 45), and until last week, I used them for everything. It took all month to get all the cloud stuff moved over but it's done, and I'm happy about it.
Desert Folks: these items will be distributed on Sunday, along with home cooked meals. If you're able to contribute any of these items but not able to get them to 29 Palms, I'm happy to pick up from Palm Springs to Yucca Valley before Sunday. And of course if you need any of these items, c'mon by!
(4/4) I never loved the group shots, so they're not here. My agent liked them though and used them to get me ad gigs -- you'll just have to flip through your 2007 copy of Frontiers to find those 😂 I always liked working with this ragtag crew. Small mags that valued art were the best.
This model was also the underwater swimmer. I clearly liked that railing.
That railing was maybe 2 inches wide if I recall. Kudos to this model (whose name I can't recall) for the balancing act.
This particular mag was large format, so you could get a little weird with details. Once everything went online, I think styles had to change because photos got smaller and need to be "understandable" in an instant.
Happy Friday! Here's a fashion / swimwear story I shot for a local rag in my 20s, which I think was the tail end of the magazine explosion. I was "classically (commercially) trained" so I always left room for text back then, but designers rarely took advantage of it.
Happy #thirstday! Here's another one from the book. Scott, photographed in my studio back in 2007.
We’re canceling all streaming as part of #resistandunsubscribe, which means no more Apple Music, so I’m gonna start playing vinyl more. This morning needed jazz so it’s Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool. Gonna check out the used shops this weekend. Any album recommendations?
Happy #humpday! Shot this 20 years ago. If I recall, the model preferred anonymity so I shan't name him... and I think that beach ball came with an issue of some fashion mag. This was published in my 2009 book, "Shooting Male" I still have those apple boxes. They served as tables at my wedding.
Happy Monochrome Monday with Chris in Anza-Borrego a few years back. #mcm
Anyone in / headed to / near Joshua Tree want to shoot (once it warms up)? Say hi. Here's a shot of Jase that we shot in JTNP a few years back, had a lot of fun on that shoot.
In 2009, Bruno Gmunder published a book of my work titled "Shooting Male." It's out of print now but here's a taste for #FCF
It's wild to me that I've lived here 9 years. Every year brings something new. Today it's rainforest-meets-desert. #joshuatree
Amy submitted this print from our ”Striped World” collab to an auction to benefit asenseofhome.org and we’re very happy it received a few bids, the final donation being $250. Check out A Sense of Home and gift them an end-of-year donation if you can :-)
I’m looking for a 2006 Burning Man ticket to give to someone as a gift (he wants to frame all his old ticket stubs but is missing 2006). If anyone can help, give a shout.
I'm making some mini box sets of prints for friends for the holidays. Working on a "leather" set today. Shot this somewhere in Anza-Borrego in 2006.