"My parents were working when we were young, so they left me and my brother to our own devices. I was shy growing up, so I used the camera to connect. I'd take photos of my friends skating, doing graffiti, sneaking into parties. This is early 2000s New York."
"My mother gave me a camera when I was seven."
"The project began in 2015, the year that Majd, who'd taken a break from the skate and graffiti scene to work and attend college, decided to pursue photography seriously. 'I had never seen anyone succeed in photography who looked like me. I didn't go to school for it, never had a mentor, never interned or assisted. So [at that point] I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to take this seriously for"
Hard Feelings is a decade-long photographic series that documents intimate scenes among skate and graffiti communities in Queens, New York. The images capture performative masculinity, vulnerability, bruising, and quiet domestic moments, often illuminated with dramatic light. Dean Majd, born to Palestinian immigrants in Queens, received a camera at seven and used photography to connect with peers. The series began in 2015 after a pause for work and college and became central to Majd's practice. The first solo exhibition presents just over 20 works and is curated by Marley Trigg Stewart at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York.
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