House & Garden

Dean works with interior designers, hotels, and luxury brands all around the world.

His work is regularly featured in House & Garden magazine, and he photographed the book New English Interiors by Elizabeth Metcalfe.

He says he's always been fascinated by the power of photography to tell stories, and I'm so happy to be talking to him today.

Hi, Dean.

And she says, nobody starts at Vogue.

You start at like House and Garden.

And if you're good there, you know.

I can't imagine you in House and Garden though.

Well, you know, I ended up not getting any job at Condé Nast, continued on at this Asian American magazine, which was a fantastic opportunity.

Really taught me a lot because it was a small and scrappy magazine.

So we, we would go forward with that.

Um, a year down the track, we're preparing to get married, and he says to me, "Where would you like to go for your honeymoon?" And I said, "Well, I, I would like to go to Kaikoura, and I'd like to go to Akaroa." And he said, "Why would you want to go to those places?" I said, "Oh, well, I was just reading the local ha- um, latest House and Garden magazine, that, um, there was some cool art, art places in Kaikoura that I'd like to check out, since it's all about me, and Akaroa for its French feel." And he said, "Well, if, uh, I found, um, something overseas, um, would you allow me to take you there?" And I thought, "Well, we are getting married, so I suppose I will be tagging along."

[laughs]

And, um, anyway, we, um, end up in Tuscany.