We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Brian Dunn a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Brian, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

Shortly after picking up my camera and just shooting friends and documenting things around me. I found that it was the one thing that I actually never got bored of and just kinda stuck. Stuck to the point where it was like wait this is all I want to do – I really don’t care about anything else but just taking photos. As long as there’s a camera in my hand I’m happy. I mean the bills have to be paid and I have to work to pay bills so it’s like.. ok let me see how to make this work. But making it a profession I learned quickly that it’s much more than just taking photos. It’s running a business, it’s communication, it’s selling yourself. That has it’s challenges, but I wouldn’t change it.

Brian, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I’m a photographer based in Los Angeles, CA. I specialize in portrait, editorial and documentary photography. In my own way, I’m constantly searching for simplistic approaches to capturing my subjects utilizing light and unique composition.

The soul of my work is heavily inspired by cinema. The emotion and feelings you’re able to convey with a simple frame has always fascinated me and that’s the same feeling I look to provide in my work. I’m also heavily influenced by nostalgia. There’s always a root to the past in most of my images.

At the moment I’m primarily focused on creating art in the realm of film and music.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Most rewarding? It would have to be sharing my visions with others. With so many people on our planet, it’s very easy to feel like no one understands you or no one relates to you. But through art it’s great to create something of your own vision, straight from out of your head and into the world, and have others to grasp it or understand what you’re trying to say without using words. Or not, too! Art is completely subjective in my opinion and I think it’s those differences that actually the world more interesting. It gets conversation going and who doesn’t love a good conversation?

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

Tbh – I haven’t done my like “proper” reasearch on these yet. But from what I’ve gathered through just talking with friends, it’s a nice idea. It’s a nice idea but I don’t really see it as something that will stick. And I know they said the same thing when the internet started lol but .. I don’t know with this NFT stuff.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.brianmdunn.com
• Instagram: @brianmdunn_