"AMERICAN DAYDREAM" marks the end of a ten-year-long imagining.

Since my first visit to New York as a kid, I fantasised about what life could look like if I lived there. Enveloped in a world completely removed from my own but inherently familiar.

Without meaning to, I put a debilitating amount of pressure on actualising this dream. I internalised the notion that the timing to chase it was never right and that a perfect plan for 'success' was needed. A childhood ambition snowballed into something dreadfully intimidating.

After a fairly unsatisfying few years as a commercial photographer, I decided to fuck around and find out in the summer of 2023, transitioning from a family vacation in Florida to living in Brooklyn with my partner.

I have grown up using photography as an extension of myself, piecing together the world in front of me through the little fragments I capture. Sometimes, I wish I could say my work is premeditated and composed with an expert understanding of the rules. But it is not,

I’m self-taught. It’s completely emotionally and instinctually activated.

This work is a culmination of my journey. An exploration of the dreams we hold onto and the realities we navigate.

I hope my work resonates with you, and perhaps even inspires the pursuit of your own daydreams, no matter how intimidating they may seem.

Thank you for your time.

- Kev