Twilight Gallery & Boutique is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by fine art photographer Brooke Shaden.
May 2-31, 2013
Brooke’s exhibit at Twilight will be available for viewing from May 2, 2013 through May 31, 2013. There will be an opening reception during the West Seattle Artwalk on Thursday, May 9th at 6pm.
Brooke Shaden is an LA-based photographer focused on surreal, conceptual portraiture. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe. She was recently featured at the Annenberg Space for Photography as part of their Digital Darkroom exhibition.
Brooke’s photography focuses on creating new worlds in which to lose yourself. This exhibit will feature images created in and around water. Her underwater photography is hauntingly beautiful, capturing both the fluidity and stillness of time.
Brooke has described her fascination with underwater photography: “To live under water is something that we cannot achieve, and to look at an image taken underwater is to live in that world for as long as you care to look.”
Brooke will be in Seattle teaching a 3 day workshop on Fine Art Portraiture with CreativeLive from May 16-18. For more information about CreativeLive, see
http://www.creativelive.com/courses/fine-art-portraits-brooke-shaden.About Brooke
Brooke Shaden was born in March of 1987 in Lancaster, PA, USA. She grew up near the “Amish Country” until attending Temple University. Brooke was photographically born in December 2008 after graduating from Temple with bachelor degrees in film and English. She now resides in Los Angeles, CA, USA with her husband and two cats.She began creating self-portraits for ease and to have full control over the images, and has since grown into a self-portrait artist. Self portraiture for her is not autobiographical in nature. Instead, she attempts to place herself within worlds she wishes we could live in, where secrets float out in the open, where the impossible becomes possible.
Brooke works to create new worlds within her photographic frame. By using painterly techniques as well as the square format, traditional photographic properties are replaced by otherworldly elements. Brooke’s photography questions the definition of what it means to be alive.
About Twilight
Twilight Gallery and Boutique is a Seattle, Washington art gallery and shop. Opened in 2005 and located in West Seattle’s walkable Junction neighborhood, Twilight features innovative work by talented artists from Seattle and beyond.
www.twilightart.net
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