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What IS HiddenDSM?

Hidden Des Moines, or HiddenDSM, is a passion project turned web presence dedicated to showcasing central Iowa.

There are those who believe that the “city life” cannot be achieved in the state of Iowa. We’re here to prove them wrong. At HiddenDSM, if you tell us there’s nothing to do in Des Moines, we’re probably already doing something fun. We love where we live, and we fight to make it even better. We celebrate the businesses and individuals that make our city unique. Some may call us quirky- even delusional, and maybe they’re right. Not that we care.

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Mr Hidden is a simple person. See a neon sign, snap a pic. #hiddendsm #desmoines #dsmia #downtowndesmoines #desmoines
The thing about office buildings is that they’re kind of fascinating until it’s the one where you work and then it’s just very very mundane. #hiddendsm #dsmusa #desmoinesiowa #desmoines #dsmia
Moody #hiddenDSM #desmoines #dsmia
January always makes me feel like I wish I were sometime or somewhere else. #hiddendsm #dsmusa #desmoines #downtowndesmoines #downtowndsm
Ok so so much for the snow, but still, have a Merry Christmas Eve #hiddendsm #desmoines #theavenuesdsm #dsmia #dsmusa
Okay all this snow we’ve had and living downtown? I’m living in a Turner Classic Christmas. #hiddendsm #desmoines #downtowndsm #dsmusa #desmoinesphotographer
Re editing old work to keep my brain going. Black and white feels appropriately somber for a snow day. #hiddendsm #desmoinesphotographer #downtowndsm #dsmusa #downtowndesmoines
Final gasps of autumn #hiddendsm #desmoines #downtowndesmoines #dsmusa #downtowndsm
I look in people’s windows. #hiddendsm #dsmusa #downtowndsm #desmoines #desmoinesiowa #downtowndesmoines
I wake up and it’s October, the loss is yours. #hiddendsm #dsmusa #downtowndesmoines #desmoinesiowa #downtowndsm #desmoines
a needed follow-up to the 1993 romantic classic #hiddendsm #dsmusa #downtowndesmoines #downtowndsm #desmoines #desmoinesphotographer #sleeplessinseattle
Might not be forever, But if it’s forever it’s even better. #hiddendsm #downtowndsm #dsmusa #desmoines #desmoinesiowa #dsmia
My camera roll is basically a journal of little interesting things I’ve noticed over time. Occasionally, it’s nice to go back and look at what I found beautiful or interesting. Actually- in our weird crazy modern tech obsessed world (wher
Hazier than smoking section of a Pizza Hut in 1995 out there lately. #hiddendsm #dsmusa #desmoines #downtowndsm #desmoinesiowa #desmoinesphotographer
Once in a while, a kind stranger will tell me they really enjoy my work here because it is so *realistic*. They seem to imply that because I don’t heavily edit pictures that somehow my work as a photographer is more valuable. It puzzles me beca
I think the QT probably stands for “quintessential Midwestern parking lot experience” #hiddendsm #dsmusa #desmoines #iowa #thisisiowa #iowalife
Tagging some favs from the @dtfarmersmarket @steveschefkabob @maddyfusco @pepperharrow_ @fungifreshfarms @gradeagardens @bozzprints #hiddendsm #dsmusa #downtowndsm #desmoinesiowa #dsmfarmersmarket
An opportunity is coming up to see what is, without question, one of the most beautiful places in #Iowa. The @halloflaureates headquarters of @worldfoodprize is featured on my page so often for a reason. If you don’t know, World Food Prize is a
I love to “over-frame” pictures. I think there’s something very fascinating about an image where the viewer is forced to consider the threshold through which they are looking at the subject. I call it over framing because sometimes
Mentally I’m in the chandelier section of a Menards #hiddendsm #iowa #iowanice #desmoines #menards

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