To Be Honest and Dreaming is a meditation in images—a lyrical exploration of vulnerability, memory, and imagination.
In this debut monograph, Derek Hayes intertwines his own photographs with found family slides and archival images, merging personal history with visual fiction. The result is a dreamlike sequence where memory is both artifact and invention, and time drifts freely between generations, moments, and moods.
Quiet, cinematic, and atmospheric, the work invites viewers into a contemplative space—one that dwells in the blur between what was remembered and what was dreamed. At once intimate and expansive, this collection reflects Hayes’ belief in photography as both a mirror and a portal—a way of seeing shaped equally by honesty and wonder.
COMING SOON
To Be Honest and Dreaming is a meditation in images—a lyrical exploration of vulnerability, memory, and imagination.
In this debut monograph, Derek Hayes intertwines his own photographs with found family slides and archival images, merging personal history with visual fiction. The result is a dreamlike sequence where memory is both artifact and invention, and time drifts freely between generations, moments, and moods.
Quiet, cinematic, and atmospheric, the work invites viewers into a contemplative space—one that dwells in the blur between what was remembered and what was dreamed. At once intimate and expansive, this collection reflects Hayes’ belief in photography as both a mirror and a portal—a way of seeing shaped equally by honesty and wonder.
COMING SOON
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