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Artist Statement:
The photographer William
Bernard Brooks creates images
of shamanic interludes.
Meditations in the forests and
near hidden lakes in the Rocky
Mountains in Montana provide
an opportunity to align with
energies that are still
communicating with us.
In those moments, when form
and intent, desire and
surrender, knowledge and
manifestation coalesce into
joyful bliss, we find that
gratitude is the noblest of
expressions.
The artist creates a variety
of motives in a series of
eight signed and numbered
carbon pigment prints.
Printed on famed Hahnemuehle
Fine Art Paper:
German Etching 310 gsm
approx . 13 x 19 inches
Price: 1,200.00 US dollars per
print
The book "SOUL CALLER"
with images and instructions
for meditations will be
published by the end of 2007.
William Bernard Brooks is an
artist whose work is shown in
Europe and the United States
in various galleries and
publications.
He lives in Montana and
dedicates his attention to the
harmonious interaction of
indigenous cultures, nature
and the resulting applications
in modern life.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Photokina, Cologne
Modern Age, New York
O'Shaugnessy, Whitefish
Hockaday Museum of Art,
Kalispell
The Loft Gallery, Whitefish
Sacred Dancing Gallery,
Bigfork
Dehli Arts Center
Gold Dust Gallery, Missoula
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William Bernard Brooks Biography:
| Biographical information for William Bernard Brooks can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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59
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| Gender |
Male
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| Children |
99
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Expressionism - (1905 - 1945)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Paul Klee
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| Your Personal Biography |
“I am showing the underlying strength that energizes and motivates people. To make this psychic force visible is to illuminate the individual. My curiosity guides me to look through the personality and discover the original quality that exist beneath the surface.”
William B. Brooks has been sharpening his powers of observation since his childhood in Germany. Twice the recipient of the Photokina Youth Photography Award,
William B. Brooks graduated with a BA in photography from the Werkschule in Cologne and served an apprenticeship with acclaimed portraitist, August Sander. Moving to Paris, he photographed fashion and advertising layouts.
In the United States since 1971,
William B. Brooks has developed a client list akin to Who’s Who of fashion, fragrance and beauty. Vanity Fair, Sears Roebuck, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Faberge, Coty, Helena Rubinstein and corporations as diverse as DuPont and Johnson & Johnson have used his perspectives on their products. The pages of Time, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, Montana Living and Spirit Talk Magazine have all reflected his editorial aesthetics.
Sylvester Stallone, Perry King, Henry Winkler “ the Fonz”, Pam Dawber, Susan Blakely, Carol Francis, Lauren Hutton and many other personalities became part of his portfolio.
Since he established residence in Montana he has begun work on his “ Montana Mirror” project. A collection of portraits of ordinary people with non ordinary dreams.
His lifelong fascination with Native American Culture is permitting him to participate in many native healing ceremonies and expand his appreciation of different cultural lifestyles.
William B. Brooks is not merely the eye behind the camera. His gifts transcend the shutter while continuing to probe beneath the surface. In his paintings and sculpture, William’s incisive gaze never varies. Also, the pursuits of a wide range of interests that span fencing, sailing, gliding, eastern philosophy and Native American traditions insure his keen instinct for the outer limits of accomplishment.
“My goal,” the artist asserts, “ is to record and create sensitive images of people that show their inner feelings, inner desires and moods.” And through a variety of mediums, William B. Brooks focuses unerringly on “observed behavior that can be transformed into recognizable aspects of human experience.”
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