Comments on: What Photographs Mean

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 08:05:08 +0000

so thankful for you

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:58:06 +0000

I must say I always admire how open you are and unafraid to acknowledge any weakness or failure. I think you do learn most from the projects that didn’t go as planned. Thanks for sharing your year with us

My choice of pics from this year:

Leaving a relationship and a house, this was the first picture I took in my new place. Was almost separating my old self from the new and wasn’t an easy process

https://flic.kr/p/otYQaR

A picture that I wasn’t completely happy with and this frustrated me because I wanted it to be so much better but I learned a lot:

https://flic.kr/p/p2eyH1

And finally this one just made me smile, some easter fun:

https://flic.kr/p/ndxJqF

Hope you have an awesome 2015!

By: Vanessa Hinostroza

Vanessa Hinostroza — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:03:37 +0000

Hi Brooke, I truly love your work.
2014 was a year of discovering myself and knowing what I want to do with my life. I study Graphic Design, and I like it, but I always love fahion design and illustration, so I decided to create in base of these two things.
At the begining I was afraid of what it’s going to result, but I think that If we do not try, we will never know what we were capable to do. Finally, after pretty hard work, all the jury, like the proyect that I present for my thesis.

I want to say thank you for inspired me so much in my personal proyect. Hope you like it.

https://www.facebook.com/vanessahinostroza.art/photos/a.1505885826357424.1073741828.1437782639834410/1505965509682789/?type=1&theater

By: Margherita Introna

Margherita Introna — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:31:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing this Brooke… If I may, here are the 4 images from this year so far that have spoken to me the most…

Blind Belief: https://www.facebook.com/MargheritaIntronaPhotography/photos/a.165320056962586.1073741828.165302450297680/312614325566491/?type=3&theater
Hope Prevails: https://www.facebook.com/MargheritaIntronaPhotography/photos/pb.165302450297680.-2207520000.1414437039./338795566281700/?type=3&theater
Healing Powers: https://www.facebook.com/MargheritaIntronaPhotography/photos/pb.165302450297680.-2207520000.1414437039./319889724838951/?type=3&theater
Beloved: https://www.facebook.com/MargheritaIntronaPhotography/photos/a.165320056962586.1073741828.165302450297680/283949515099639/?type=3&theater

In each of these I love that there is movement and in most of them, also a dramatic sky. These are the two main things I love to include in my images. There is also a main colour that stands out, and they all have a glow of colouring that I feel is very much a part of my style, which is a fine touch of purple hue.

In most instances my work is autobiographical in nature. These images are all self-portraits and hence why they generally speak to me the most. These are my stories and my emotions.

The following themes stand out: belief, hope, sadness and love. The props used are either very simple items (like the lamp and the strip of material to form a blindfold) or have great meaning to me (my beloved cat Bono and the shark jaw that used to belong to my beloved father).

The image “Healing Powers” stands out a little differently from the other 3 images I’ve chosen… This is because it is darker and using a very different type of outdoor space. It is a theme I would like to pursue further and I am very happy I took the risk and tried something different with this one as to me, it came out better than I had hoped.

Still many, many images in my folders from this year waiting to be processed and so many ideas in my heart waiting to be created… I am grateful for all it means to create. It has saved me more than once <3 xx

By: John

John — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:35:51 +0000

All of your pictures are amazing, but those four that you selected as your favorites are simply stunning. I don’t do fine art photography but looking at your images has definitely inspired me to give it a try at some point in the future. Your post led me to do something that I don’t do as much as I should, namely to look back at and evaluate all of the images that I posted during the year. It’s difficult to pick favorites, but I think this picture of my son is the most meaningful to me. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55959716@N08/14943286686/

By: vania Stockwell

vania Stockwell — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 20:55:37 +0000

Brooke were can I start your one amazing artist and I’ve paid for your workshop and decided to do a photo to express myself a little this one is called cultivated red rose the rose is the only thing I see in reality mentally it’s blood for red and love which love isn’t much my luck so the rose represents me hahaha I’m still learning, but I love creating a story now to my photos. https://www.facebook.com/veeutifulmakeupphotography/photos/a.365817796869989.1073741836.365431120241990/669866689798430/?type=1&source=46&refid=17

I am looking forward to see your new work im slowly doing new things and I’d love to share with you to get feedback 🙂

By: Minnie

Minnie — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:59:00 +0000

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you again. I doubt that you remember this but earlier this year, I wrote you an email thanking you for inspiring me. I also told you that one of my dreams was to move to the US, but that it was going to be hard because I had to leave my family and I was afraid to speak English. I just wanted to let you know that I moved here this December. It has been the hardest and most painful thing in my life but thanks to what you teach every week, I’ve been able to bear it all.

You’re like my mentor of life and I couldn’t be more grateful for that. Thanks for inspiring me to do the photos that make me feel alive, thanks for teaching lessons, thanks because you’ve given me the strength I need to face the challenges that I will this year.

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:25:33 +0000

In reply to Melanie. Melanie, it is so amazing to see these snippets from your life - I love how open you are, and how expressive your art is. I can really feel the emotion of your images so clearly, what a gift!

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:23:30 +0000

In reply to Paulo Alexandre Carvalho. Paulo, your comments have been a light for me, guiding me through 2014. I am so glad to count you as a friend now, and I hope our paths cross soon! Your images are full of story, and your words are full of love. Who can ask for more? Hugs this new year!

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:22:35 +0000

In reply to Tea. Tea, wow what a year for you! I can feel the pain in your image and I can see the light, too. What a wonderful way to express your emotions and how awesome to be able to look back on them and remember that time in your life. I am so glad that you and your husband are together now and I hope 2015 brings much light and love into your life!