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Brooke Burton is an artist and photographer working in Boise, Idaho whose work tells psychological stories through narrative still life. She earned an MFA and a BFA, both in photography from Boise State University where she currently teaches. She interviews artists and documents their studios for the Boise City Department of Arts & History blog: Creators, Makers, & Doers. Her work has been exhibited at the former Society for Contemporary Photography in Kansas City, Missouri, the Allied Arts Association in R
I use photography to create implied narratives in the still life genre. My images are visual representations of psychological dynamics in my life and relationships, including conflicted feelings around photography and a career in contemporary art. At times I use my work to ask myself broader questions, such as “Where do I fit in?” and “What do I believe?”.
I am a white, female, upper middle-class American, living in the West in the fairly homogenous state of Idaho. I am a descendant of modern colonizers; Christian missionaries on both sides. My point of view includes living in a first world country with active, sometimes polarizing political discourse, and especially, the onset of the Information and the Digital Age (1990's). At age 15, I first logged-on to something new: the world wide web. I am privilege to many advantages due to my race, financial status,