Welcome to One Hour Photo with Dev Bowman

Hey, it’s Dev. Thanks for being here.

I’m a photographer and writer based in New York City. One Hour Photo is a column where I photograph people (sometimes famous, sometimes not yet) while we talk and hang out. I ask questions as I shoot so they forget to pose, and we end up catching something real. It’s portraits, but with personality!

Why I Started This

I’ve always loved the space between the picture and the person — particularly where they stop performing. One Hour Photo started as a way to catch that. It’s part conversation, part portrait.

I studied psychology because I thought I wanted to become a therapist. I became a photographer instead, but maybe the instinct’s the same — to understand people and make space for them to be real. This column is a way to bring those two worlds of mine together.

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What Paid Subscribers Get

You’re helping me keep shooting on expensive film and doing this independently.

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Perfect if you...

• Like your portraits with a little personality

• Trust my taste in people

About Me

I’m Dev Bowman — a photographer based in New York City. My work has been published in Interview, Nylon, PAPER, Rolling Stone, The Cut, Vanity Fair, InStyle, and more.

This is my first column that’s completely my own.