Photo Words: Chapter 1

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Dean Hinnant is an artist based in The Midwest. His work is rich in topics and settings that can best be described as modern Americana. From traveling the country, to documenting personal relationships, Dean’s art is attempt to remind us all that life is beautiful anywhere. You can find more of Dean’s work on his Instagram page @dean_hinnant

I’ve scratched my eye plenty of times. Each time it tends to bring up a lot of anxiety that it’s permanent damage and frankly I dunno if that would matter so much if I was a less visual person. But like my semi daily posts indicate, there’s a lot of things I see and a lot of places I notice them in.

This photo wasn’t a selfie though. It was the first time one of my brother’s had done the same thing and so when the lights went off I took a quick snap with my phone while he talked the nurse through was had happened.

I don’t treat everyone in my life as a photo assignment. Especially folks who are close. I’ve done the diligence to ask and make sure. But photos are a language I’m very fluent with and you can’t forget something that well known. Most of them get me well enough to understand that it’s just who I am at this point. I have a camera with me in any given second. It’s synonymous with how I enter a room and the furthest thing from a flex for clout. Because regardless of the scene or moment, an opportunity to make a photo is always a chance to synthesize colors, shapes, motion, and gravity into the same two words every time: ”love you.”