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The Salton Sea & Sand Dunes

I went away last weekend to visit the Salton Sea, a little known AMAZING place southeast of Los Angeles. The sea is dying, and the fish that were carried there from the Colorado River died and can now be found in the form of bones on the beaches. Abandoned buildings abound and the entire area [...]

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2011 12 14 Brooke Shaden Behind the Scenes
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The Joy of Nothing

The things we can do with $5 and a little imagination are plentiful. The things we can do with so little are incredible. The things we can make out of nothing astound. We call ourselves creatives, and sometimes our actions show that more than others. I got to thinking about what makes me tick, the [...]

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2011 11 28 Brooke Shaden Behind the Scenes
Essays
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When Self Portraiture Turns Personal

I feel like I am constantly saying that for me, self portraiture is not autobiographical in the least. I am always playing a new character and I try to use myself only when it is appropriate. I try not to show my face, I keep myself largely without identity, and as a result can easily [...]

2011 06 14 Brooke Shaden Essays Comments (5)

The Quiet of Trees

One of my favorite themes to explore, which I do so quite often, is the relationship of human to nature. The idea that everything is connected and that each thing gives another life is powerful to me and something that I find worthy of future exploration. I’m sure this comes from personal experience; the way [...]

2010 12 23 Brooke Shaden Comments (1)

2 Year Photography Birthday

I know that two years might seem like a really short amount of time for some people, but for me it feels like a lifetime. I feel like in a lot of ways, my life started when I started photography. No, not every part of my life, but a big important part of it. When [...]

2010 12 19 Brooke Shaden Essays Comments (10)

Her Burial

This is image #9 in the Ophelia series, and while I am saving a lot of my writings on the pieces for my book I was compelled to share a bit about this photo. And to supplement this text, here is a video that I created with model Katie Johnson (filmed by Andrea Pun) about [...]

2010 08 18 Brooke Shaden Comments (0)

Awakening

This image is part of my “Sac” series, which is largely comprised of images that show a person being restrained by a layer of fabric. In each of the images the fabric is neutral colored, skin colored. The fabric mimics flesh, as though it is another layer of skin that the subjects are trying to [...]

2010 06 24 Brooke Shaden Comments (5)

An Unyielding Limb

“An Unyielding Limb” is an expression of restriction in the most viseral sense. It poses more questions than it answers, which is what I strive for in my images. The image has an inherent duality. Is the person (or animal) trapped, or are they willfully there? Is it dying or is it being born? What [...]

2009 10 13 Brooke Shaden Comments (1)

How to Escape a Fire, and How to Create One

Here is an example of my thought process when creating a photo. The things I always think of. The things I look for when I admire other photographs. In my photo titled “How to Escape a Fire”, I wanted to explore the theme of a woman trapped in the “homemaker” lifestyle. But my thoughts were [...]

2009 09 20 Brooke Shaden Comments (4)

Red Hood: Rossina Bossio

I found, or rather, rediscovered Rossina’s flickr site when I found out that she too had been restricted by flickr staff. The thing that bothers me so much about it is that she has a point of view, and I believe that more people should figure out what that point of view is. I took [...]

2009 09 06 Brooke Shaden Inspiration Comments (3)