My name is Demario Hinds, I am a film and digital photographer and also a videographer based
in Kingston Jamaica. How I started out in photography was essentially my father had made me
take pictures of bananas in the backyard (we had a backyard of bananas) and my father asked
me to take pictures of them. I didn't do it any stereotypical or normal type of way, so I found
angles, did some editing and I created something. That's essentially propelled into a habit and
passion afterwards so that's how I started out.
In terms of my work, I am not necessarily the the one who likes to show stuff on a pretty scene.
It is more like moody and dark or Grim in a sense and it really depends on the mood I'm trying to
convey, but overall it has some kind of dark tones within it.
While growing up, I really enjoyed Classics that my parents played music from. Whether it was
the 60s or 70s or even 80s but the era that speaks out to me the most would be the 90's and the
specific genre would be 90's hip hop. That's where most of my creativity comes from that you
are Tupac, Biggie, Snoop etc. With the likes of creatives like Chimodu (RIP) and Hype Williams,
I am greatly influenced by.