Brooke Shaden
Fourth Wall (Series)
DESCRIPTION
In a world where connectedness, and honesty are praised as a better way of life for new generations, we are seeing less truth in our actions than ever before. Instead of feeling connected we feel isolated; instead of honesty we are fabricating our realities.
In filmmaking, the "4th Wall" is the break between camera and viewer, where the viewer is aware that the film is a construct. This allows the viewer insight into the process rather than the product. This series results from wondering what would happen if we knocked down the fourth wall between each other, letting in the truest glimpse of ourselves.
The ideas of honesty and loneliness play out in this series, "Fourth Wall". It is photographed entirely within four walls with no windows or doors. Each interacts with a different element in their room. In some instances it took a hundred hours to construct a single set.
We keep our darkness to ourselves for fear that we will be harshly judged, since so many of our peers seem without to live without struggle. This series represents what we feel behind closed doors, where the emotion fills the room and sometimes drowns us.
AUTHOR
SELECTED AWARDS
ND Photographer of the Year, 2016
Shutter Magazine's Top 10 Most Influential Photographers, March 2014
Project Imagination Winner, 2011/2012
30 Under 30 Women Photographers, January 2010
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Spillman Blackwell Fine Art, Jan 2022
JoAnne Artman Gallery, NYC + Laguna Beach, Jan 2017, Jan 2019, Oct 2021
Soren Christiansen Gallery, PhotoNOLA, February 2014
Morren Galleries, Amsterdam, May 2013
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Affordable Art Fair NY, NYC, March 2015
PhotoLA Art Fair, Los Angeles, January 2014
Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, December 2011
Pacific Art Foundation - Private Museum Showing, Southern California, October 2011
BIOGRAPHY
Brooke Shaden was born in March of 1987 in Lancaster, PA, USA and graduated college from Temple University with degrees in filmmaking and English. She began creating self-portraits for ease and to have full control over the images, and has since grown into a self-portrait fine art photographer. Brooke works to capture fantastic realities within her photographic frame. By using painterly techniques as well as the square format, traditional photographic properties are replaced by otherworldly elements.
More awards/exhibitions: http://brookeshaden.com/cv/
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