Darren Smith
@dsmithstudio.bsky.social
I’m a photographer that explores identity, self-expression, and belonging.
📍Amsterdam 📚 ‘Mayflies’ published by Lecturis
📍Amsterdam 📚 ‘Mayflies’ published by Lecturis
#art
Join us next weekend celebrating ritual, culture, and spirit.
Photo: Desfile Inaugural del Carnaval (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2022) The world’s longest running carnival celebration.
Carnivals Museum
Date: 3 May
Time: Opens 11:11 til 13:00
Zusters van Orthenpoort 27
5211 ND 's-Hertogenbosch
Join us next weekend celebrating ritual, culture, and spirit.
Photo: Desfile Inaugural del Carnaval (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2022) The world’s longest running carnival celebration.
Carnivals Museum
Date: 3 May
Time: Opens 11:11 til 13:00
Zusters van Orthenpoort 27
5211 ND 's-Hertogenbosch
April 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#art
Join us next weekend celebrating ritual, culture, and spirit.
Photo: Desfile Inaugural del Carnaval (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2022) The world’s longest running carnival celebration.
Carnivals Museum
Date: 3 May
Time: Opens 11:11 til 13:00
Zusters van Orthenpoort 27
5211 ND 's-Hertogenbosch
Join us next weekend celebrating ritual, culture, and spirit.
Photo: Desfile Inaugural del Carnaval (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2022) The world’s longest running carnival celebration.
Carnivals Museum
Date: 3 May
Time: Opens 11:11 til 13:00
Zusters van Orthenpoort 27
5211 ND 's-Hertogenbosch
You’re invited:
The Art of Celebration opens on 3 May at the National Carnivals Museum in Den Bosch, 11:00–13:00.
It also marks the start of my EU book tour—a return to the wild-hearted communities that inspired it.
Snacks, good company, and cider tastings by Harry Cider.
Come celebrate.
The Art of Celebration opens on 3 May at the National Carnivals Museum in Den Bosch, 11:00–13:00.
It also marks the start of my EU book tour—a return to the wild-hearted communities that inspired it.
Snacks, good company, and cider tastings by Harry Cider.
Come celebrate.
April 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
You’re invited:
The Art of Celebration opens on 3 May at the National Carnivals Museum in Den Bosch, 11:00–13:00.
It also marks the start of my EU book tour—a return to the wild-hearted communities that inspired it.
Snacks, good company, and cider tastings by Harry Cider.
Come celebrate.
The Art of Celebration opens on 3 May at the National Carnivals Museum in Den Bosch, 11:00–13:00.
It also marks the start of my EU book tour—a return to the wild-hearted communities that inspired it.
Snacks, good company, and cider tastings by Harry Cider.
Come celebrate.
#art
Wasteland Weekend (Mojave Desert, United States of America, 2021)
Wasteland Weekend is inspired by the Mad Max films, offering a five-day immersive experience where attendees live out their post-apocalyptic fantasies in the ‘wastes’ Mojave desert.
Wasteland Weekend (Mojave Desert, United States of America, 2021)
Wasteland Weekend is inspired by the Mad Max films, offering a five-day immersive experience where attendees live out their post-apocalyptic fantasies in the ‘wastes’ Mojave desert.
March 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#art
Wasteland Weekend (Mojave Desert, United States of America, 2021)
Wasteland Weekend is inspired by the Mad Max films, offering a five-day immersive experience where attendees live out their post-apocalyptic fantasies in the ‘wastes’ Mojave desert.
Wasteland Weekend (Mojave Desert, United States of America, 2021)
Wasteland Weekend is inspired by the Mad Max films, offering a five-day immersive experience where attendees live out their post-apocalyptic fantasies in the ‘wastes’ Mojave desert.
#cosplay Does anyone know where this video game character is from?
MCM Comic Con (London, United Kingdom, 2022)
Captured backstage during two days at the con. Mayflies project.
MCM Comic Con (London, United Kingdom, 2022)
Captured backstage during two days at the con. Mayflies project.
March 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#cosplay Does anyone know where this video game character is from?
MCM Comic Con (London, United Kingdom, 2022)
Captured backstage during two days at the con. Mayflies project.
MCM Comic Con (London, United Kingdom, 2022)
Captured backstage during two days at the con. Mayflies project.
#art Tablado Museo del Carnival (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2022) Murga Cayo La Cabra @cayolacabra
Captured backstage during Uruguayan carnival. This traditional carnival event featured Murga performances, offering an expression of Uruguayan culture through satire and song for all walks of life.
Captured backstage during Uruguayan carnival. This traditional carnival event featured Murga performances, offering an expression of Uruguayan culture through satire and song for all walks of life.
March 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#art Tablado Museo del Carnival (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2022) Murga Cayo La Cabra @cayolacabra
Captured backstage during Uruguayan carnival. This traditional carnival event featured Murga performances, offering an expression of Uruguayan culture through satire and song for all walks of life.
Captured backstage during Uruguayan carnival. This traditional carnival event featured Murga performances, offering an expression of Uruguayan culture through satire and song for all walks of life.
March 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
March 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
February 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
February 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
February 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
February 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
February 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Desfile del inaugural carnaval, (Montevideo, UY, 2022)
February 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Desfile del inaugural carnaval, (Montevideo, UY, 2022)
The Utopia Ball Pt I, (The Hague, the Netherlands, 2017)
February 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Utopia Ball Pt I, (The Hague, the Netherlands, 2017)
Mayflies x Up Helly Aa Fire festival at Mareel in the Shetland Islands (UK).
The exhibition runs alongside Fireflies, a collection of images from Shetland’s fire festivals by local photographers. Together, they explore the universal urge to gather, transform, and celebrate.
The exhibition runs alongside Fireflies, a collection of images from Shetland’s fire festivals by local photographers. Together, they explore the universal urge to gather, transform, and celebrate.
January 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Mayflies x Up Helly Aa Fire festival at Mareel in the Shetland Islands (UK).
The exhibition runs alongside Fireflies, a collection of images from Shetland’s fire festivals by local photographers. Together, they explore the universal urge to gather, transform, and celebrate.
The exhibition runs alongside Fireflies, a collection of images from Shetland’s fire festivals by local photographers. Together, they explore the universal urge to gather, transform, and celebrate.
Village Halloween Parade (New York City, United States of America, 2022).
January 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Village Halloween Parade (New York City, United States of America, 2022).
Wasteland Party, Rituals edition (Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2022)
January 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wasteland Party, Rituals edition (Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2022)
The Children of the Sun, (Devon, United Kingdom, 2022)
January 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Children of the Sun, (Devon, United Kingdom, 2022)