Los Angeles-based photographer Nico Therin’s stark imagery might seem simple at first, but upon closer inspection, they reveal hidden meanings. Never without a his little notebook and pen, the artist is often hit by inspirations for witty visual puns, which he later brings to life in his studio. We’re all familiar with the adage “A picture is worth a thousand words,” but Therin’s photographs require that we convert graphic data into verbal understanding. The word “nutcracker” becomes the sum of a walnut and a firecracker, a violent weapon an absurd “bubble gun.”