THE ‘PRESENCE’ EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF INNER CONSCIOUSNESS IN CONTEMPORARY REALITY.

DEAN, THE ARTIST, SEEKS TO INTIMATELY EXAMINE, PEEL, AND REVEAL HIS INNER SOUL THROUGH A PERSONAL STORY PRESENTED IN A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS—A DOCUMENTATION OF HIS SELF-PROCESS.

DEAN’S EXPOSURE TO KABBALAH AND SPIRITUALITY PROMPTS AN EXAMINATION OF HIS INNER MIRROR, EMBRACING ALL FACETS OF HIMSELF—PLEASANT AND LESS PLEASANT. THIS WILLINGNESS TO FACE, CLEANSE, AND OBSERVE INTO HIS SOUL FOSTERS A PROCESS OF GROWTH AND MATURITY.

“ONLY WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF MAKING PEACE, ACCEPTING ALL SIDES AS PART OF YOURSELF, DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL AND EXPRESS YOURSELF AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IN THE JOURNEY OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH, WE MUST NAVIGATE THROUGH DARKNESS.”

THE RESULT IS 15 BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM PHOTOGRAPHS, CAPTURING THE ESSENCE AND VALUE OF HIS EXPERIENCE—FORGING A CONNECTION AND HARMONY BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIALISTIC WORLDS, BLENDING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES WITH MODERN INNOVATION.

“A CONSTANT PROCESS OF LEARNING. AS AN ARTIST, YOU DON’T ALWAYS KNOW WHY YOU’RE DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING OR WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE. YOU’RE JUST PRESENT IN THE MOMENT, WITHOUT ASKING. IN THE END, UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU CREATED MAKES THE OUTCOME MORE POWERFUL AND REAL. PHOTOGRAPHY IS MY WAY OF EXPRESSING GIVING, UNITY, AND LOVE—A CHANNEL TO THE MATERIAL WORLD.”