Shaun defines ambitious. He’s 27 years-old, and already knee-deep in developing his 4th film. He’s redefining what it means to be a filmmaker in Seattle, and doing it with enough style & grace to make people stop and listen. City Arts Magazine just wrote him up, and featured him as one of Seattle’s upcoming innovated filmmakers.

After the shoot Shaun brought me to his favorite neighborhood pizza joint (where he knows the Bostonian owners on a first name basis) and we sunk our teeth into doughy sweet marinara pizza while discussing relationships, romance, the economy and how Shaun fits all of this into his most recent film, 100 % Off: A Recession-Era Romance.

This summer Shaun & I will be embarking on a serious collaboration I’m pretty over-the-moon about. More to come on this later.

For now, check him out.

“Lovers’ names, carved in walls
Overlap, start to merge
Some of them underneath
Maybe they appear
In graveyards
Maybe they fade away
Weathered and overgrown
Time has told
Meaningful hidden words
Suddenly appear, from the murk
Maybe they’re telling us
That the end
Never was
Never will
The words have gone
But the meaning will never disappear
From the wall”

For your ears: Bibio- Lover’s Carvings

And for your eyes:

Thank you Stephanie for being a lighthouse. You glow.

Winter editorial photographed by Chantal Andrea. Models: Kristen Burm & Janessa Laas. Shot on location in Eastern Washington.