Brooke Shaden
Begin Again (Series)
DESCRIPTION
How do we identify our true selves among a pack? How do we stand out when we aren’t sure who we are yet? And most importantly, where do the differences between us truly lie?
Through this series you will explore four major topics: the hidden self, the reflected self, the identified self, and the contained/released self.
The Hidden Self: a meditation on praise, devotion, and the places we put our identity when we don’t look inward. Do the institutions and people who give us identities hold us back from finding uniqueness within ourselves?
The Reflected Self: the world shows us who we are before we are able to discern for ourselves. These provide a look at the mirrors that cast an identity onto us and the shattering of those perceptions.
The Identified Self: trying on the masks we find. We explore many identities, often assuming the surface role of who we want to be without digging deep enough to find the reality of our most authentic being.
The Concealed/Revealed Self: the boxes we fit into and how to break out of them.
Begin again is a reflection on identity.
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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