Whether conceptual portraits or landscapes, West adopts an approach that wanders between surrealism and hyperrealism. Perceiving photography as the current form of contemporary communication, the artist meticulously designs his images like a movie scene, using the infinite possibilities of digital photography technology. He is known for his photographic philosophy which embraces the zeitgeist and captures the emotionality of the scene. Dean West’s photographs open a new window of reality for the onlooker. So, what would someone looking out of this window see? Most likely, the naked and multi-coloured soul of loneliness... With images that evoke the style of Edward Hopper and David Hockney, West embraces the theme of loneliness in a glamourous and colourful way. His images go beyond presenting loneliness itself, he makes it feel like a dream. West goes beyond portraits of lonely individuals: he also points to the loneliness in crowds. It is there in all its colour and radiance, whether in the portraits of a tourist family travelling on a ferry, or the scene of a couple in a heated argument... The colourful loneliness portrayed in West’s work might initially seem to represent a grey frame of mind, yet, travelling deeper into the image, it eventually makes peace with its all existence. One-to-one with loneliness, our inevitable reality...