Kai Diaz is a photographer, art director, and designer based in Solana Beach, CA.

In the labyrinth of our daily gaze, saturated with the ceaseless parade of the new and the digital, Kai Diaz emerges as a singular beacon of reverence for the forgotten, the abandoned, the unseen. With his film camera as his compass, Kai navigates the overlooked corners and beyond, transforming decay into a canvas of vibrant hues and textures that challenge our conventional notions of beauty. Kai’s photographs are more than mere records of what once was; they are invitations to see the world anew, to reconsider our definitions of beauty and to find it in the most unexpected places. In the tradition of the great visual essayists, Diaz compels us to confront the unseen, to acknowledge the presence of history in our present, and to appreciate the sublime in the forsaken. His work serves as a reminder that beauty does not perish; it merely waits to be rediscovered, to be seen again with fresh eyes. In this collection, Kai not only rescues lost places and objects; he also rescues us from our own blindness, guiding us back to a beauty that lies beyond the superficial, beyond the relentless pursuit of the new. He makes us see the unseen, and in doing so, he redefines the parameters of beauty itself.

Kai is based in Solana Beach, CA. For commision inquiries, please contact us.