ABOUT ME

Hey there! My name is Dean, i'm a 22 year old, legitimate blue eyed Australian (that's a selling point right?)

Currently i'm based in Brisbane, Queensland and work full time on a freelance basis as a photographer and cinematographer for various local creative companies, agencies and news media organisations. Primarily my work is centred abound the subject matter of music, photojournalism, abstract/experimental media.

So without spending hours typing away getting all meta and at the risk of sounding douchy here is a quick sentence about myself and what i like doing:

I'm easy going but quite excitable and always up for a challenge and new experiences, I enjoy all things music, food, travel, spending as much time as possible at gigs plus a whole lot of galavanting, adventuring and living that sweet-sweet Hemingway lifestyle.

PHILOSOPHY

Generally i appreciate when somebody is willing or open to push their comfort zone and experience unique situations although they mightn't be inherently 'safe'. I suppose if a person can display that level of tenacity, independence and enthusiasm they're living a full life.

I came across this quote years ago and it best sums up what i've outlined above: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."- Thomas Edison.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No stories yet, i'm new to Couchsurfing.

I mean i've fallen asleep on a couch, my couch, because the bedroom was many meters away and i was too tired/lazy. Same thing? Maybe.

Centres d'intérêt

Music/Gigs/Cluttered Record Stores
Film (making and watching)
Coffee, so much coffee
Adventuring
Playing sport, specifically Rugby Union and Baseball.
Late night house parties.
All the fun things.

• dining
• coffee
• partying
• house parties
• boating
• news
• traveling
• music
• sports
• baseball
• rugby
• communications
• freelancing

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

My favourite films would be made by: Wes Anderson, Vincent Moon, Spike Jonze, Rian Johnson.

Music (well that's like opening pandoras box but i'll give it a shot): Vampire Weekend, The National, The Cat Empire, The Chemist, Arcade Fire, The Bamboos, Saskwatch, Alt -J, Beirut, Efterklang, DZ Deathrays, Velociraptor, The Spinto Band, The Growlers, POND, Dune Rats and a lot of other local Brisbane bands.

Books: Ernest Hemingway, The Secret History, Cannery Row, Smith Journal (ok it's a magazine, but still).

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Covering a foreign revolution movement for TIME magazine and later fighting with the revolutionaries...not really, but one day i'm sure it could happen haha.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I'd learn how to write better and be able to build a boat/machine from scratch/survive in the wilderness or something.