“I create imagery that makes the status quo uncomfortable”. Dee is a portrait photographer based in Brooklyn aiming to put unconventional models in high fashion clothes. She wants to share the stories of the marginalized. She says that in her art she will create whatever she wants. She is just learning to shoot in as studio as it is not something she could really afford, but slowly she is dipping her toe in and learning how to work around such a controlled space. Diversity is a main priority in her work, which is extremely prevalent. Through city backdrops and small pops of color mixed with media and the digital age in her work there is a realness to it all. The images are almost as if you lived them, something you could have seen before and just didn’t remember. I admire her tenacity most as an artist, she is running after her ideas and her work wholeheartedly and diving into new situations despite discomfort and fear. This should be the mindset of every young or new artist.
60 Wondrous Artists 