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It was the clearest example yet of what Dunn enjoys most on the court, a feeling he said can’t be replicated by anything he does off the court. 

Though it has competition.

“When I take a picture,” Dunn said, “and I come back and edit it and it looks good, I get really excited because I know I’m improving.”

Dunn, who on Monday was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s All-Defensive Team, is an aspiring photographer. Along with big dunks, blocks and steals, Dunn has a developing album of snaps. 

“I’ve had an interest since I was young,” Dunn said. “I always liked photography. I always enjoyed it. And it was just something that I wanted to pick up, but I never had the time to do, or I got distracted. 

“But once I got older, I became fascinated with it.”

Photography has turned into Dunn’s favorite non-basketball-related hobby. During the last several months, he’s taken his camera – a Sony Alpha 7 III – on trips through Grounds, through different Charlottesville neighborhoods and even to the baseline of women’s basketball games at JPJ to work on his craft.