About — MR MEANS STUDIO

Mr.Means originally hails from a small farming community in rural Maryland. His work often seeks to evoke the nostalgic longing for a return to the time and place of happy childhood memories. Drawing inspiration from parades, marching bands, beauty queens, imaginary friends, birthday parties, and carnivals, Mr. Means’ imagery can at once be both sophisticated and kitschy as he turns his distinctive eye on unexpected subjects. His photographs ask the viewer to consider the deconstructed meanings behind the melancholic loss of youth and innocence and bygone times.

Means experiments with complicated lighting tricks and techniques to add a surreal, otherworldly quality to his photographs. His work captures childhood artifacts, obscure tchotchkes, and cultural iconography set against flawless backgrounds, bringing inanimate objects to life and creating an off-kilter and slightly skewed perspective on American life past and present.

His work spans the range from high-end products and fashion editorials to unique still life and surrealistic portraiture. His editorial work has appeared in Interview, Details, Detour, Out and Spin magazines.

Mr. Means' photography services are available for commercial, corporate, and private bookings. Email - mrmeansstudio@gmail.com