Wayne Heim has spent most of his career as a medical illustrator, working on a freelance basis with medical device manufacturers to explain to surgeons how to use their instruments during various procedures. For the past 15 years, he’s been exploring another medium as he captures images of the people and places of the West with a camera.
Every image, he says, is a “one-image movie.” What Heim means by that is that each image he captures—whether it be a cowboy or a landscape—has a story to tell. “Each one-image movie pulls viewers into what happened just before the shutter clicked—and what might unfold afterward,” he says. “I want them to get lost in the moment, in the story. I don’t shoot moments; I shoot meaning.”
Read the full article in the March/April 2026 issue.
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