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UK–born Shaun Fynn is a visual story teller, photographer, designer, and author based in New York. A keen observer of culture and everyday life, his work crafts stories of resonance and empathy for brands, institutions, and culturally focused projects. He founded his design and brand development agency StudioFYNN over 20 years ago has evolved his work to embrace multiple forms of visual communication. As a photographer his work focuses on the portrayal of the human condition. A graduate of Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London, he has lived in the UK, Italy, India, and the US. His award-winning work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center in New York City, the Chicago Athenaeum, and the Weserburg in Bremen, Germany. He has also been featured in Fast Company, the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian. Fynn has been a visiting lecturer at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, and is currently adjunct faculty at Parsons School of Design in New York City. In 2015 he was nominated a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.