In 2006, David suddenly decided to leave Los Angeles behind and move to Hawaii. He told Design Taxi, he moved to a "very isolated part of Hawaii in this forest. It's off the grid, biodiesel cars, solar-powered, growing our own food, completely sustainable. I thought 'OK, I'm a farmer now.'"

Though he moved away from the Hollywood scene, he couldn’t stay away from his passion for photography. He described a time when an old colleague of his invited him to shoot for a gallery.

"I was really shocked," he told Design Taxi. "I'm so known as a commercial artist, a big name as a fashion and celebrity photographer, I didn't think a gallery will take me seriously. It's like being reborn; it's like rebirth; it's like starting over. It's back to where I started, where I very first started in galleries when I was a kid. It's just come full circle."