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Tyler Shields
Tyler Shields - Day Dreaming, 2024, Chromogenic Print

Day Dreaming, 2024

Chromogenic Print

Artwork size: 30 x 30 Inches Framed size: 32.5 x 32.5 Inches

Edition

Edition of 3 + 2 APs

About this work

Tyler Shields' Day Dreaming (2024) is a chromogenic print from the Edge of Reality Exhibition, issued as an edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs and presented in a 30 × 30-inch artwork within a 32.5 × 32.5-inch frame. The work is among the artist's most introspective and personally revealing, offering a meditation on the relationship between imagination, creativity, and the act of making photographs. Shields has written of this image: 'Imagination and knowledge are allies in the war of creativity. This is Daydreaming—the feeling of creating. The whole process is a magical experience. Every new idea presents a new challenge, but these challenges are part of what makes each image interesting to create.' These words reveal something essential about his practice: the understanding of photography as a fundamentally creative act in which the inner life of the artist is as important as the technical execution of the image. Day Dreaming embodies this philosophy—an image inhabiting the space between waking and sleep, between intention and reverie. The chromogenic print process lends the image a warmth and softness entirely appropriate to its subject matter, creating a work of exceptional tenderness and psychological richness. As part of the Edge of Reality Exhibition, Day Dreaming represents one of the most personal and emotionally resonant works in Shields' recent output—a photograph that invites the collector into the artist's inner world and rewards extended contemplation with a sense of genuine intimacy and shared creative experience. Works from the Edge of Reality Exhibition represent some of the most technically refined and conceptually considered images Shields has produced, each one a demonstration of the full depth of his craft as both photographer and artist.

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Tyler Shields

· Tyler Shields · Sotheby's · 2016-05 · $18,338

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About Tyler Shields

Tyler Shields was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and began his creative career as a professional inline skater, competing in the X Games and touring with Tony Hawk before shifting his focus to photography. His early photographs gained attention online, and a chance viral image helped launch his career as a photographer working within the Hollywood entertainment world.

Shields is known for bold, provocative photography that blends glamour with elements of tension, danger, and destruction, often incorporating rich color, dramatic lighting, and meticulously staged scenes. His work frequently explores contrasts between beauty and chaos, using striking visual concepts, from vivid color explosions to scenes built around luxury objects, to create images that are both polished and unsettling. He has photographed a wide range of actors and public figures throughout his career, always aiming for a cinematic, tightly composed final image captured in camera rather than through digital manipulation.

Beyond photography, Shields has worked as a filmmaker, screenwriter, and author, publishing both photography books and fiction. His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private and public collections, and he continues to be based in Los Angeles.

Guy Hepner works with collectors seeking Tyler Shields's bold, cinematic photography. Contact us to discuss available inventory or to inquire about upcoming releases.

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