Brooke DiDonato’s Photographic Dreamscape

Brooke decided she would be an artist at a young age and from her childhood in Ohio to her present in New York, her career has wound its way around the globe. What began as a passion for photojournalism at 18 has become a career in a surrealist examination of people. Whether a commission or a portrait of a friend, her work constructs narratives through what is seen, and unseen. Using curiosity as a starting point, Brooke invites her audience to dive into the images with empathy;  Could that arm belong to me? Could that unseen face perhaps be my own?

In the series shot for iGNANT she punctuates muted moments of suburban banality with the human form—disembodied arms find themselves draped across deckchairs, a face blossoms from a garden and chairs gain human extensions. Her visual responses to our open brief prompt questions on reality, probing the intricacies of imagination one image at a time. 

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