Shawn Vinson

I’ve been taking photos since childhood. I got a Polaroid OneStep on my eighth birthday and upgraded to a 35mm Nikkormat in high-school, where photography & graphic arts were the only classes that mattered. As a teenager, I took pictures for friends who were aspiring models and musicians. Shooting live bands came with an extra bonus - I was finally able to convince my mom to let me go to gigs!

These days, I enter the odd juried show, exhibit publicly, or get hired to photograph someone or something, which is always a pleasure. I still like my ‘day job’ as an art consultant & dealer, which influences and improves my photography. I’m just as happy getting tons of likes on Instagram as I am selling a framed print, but I’m certainly more grateful to the person who buys the print!