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Brooke DiDonato | |
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| Born | 1990 (age 35–36) Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Kent State University |
| Known for | Photography |
Brooke DiDonato (born 1990) is an American photographer and visual artist known for staged photographs that combine domestic and suburban settings with surreal imagery.[1][2] Her series A House Is Not a Home was exhibited at the Southeast Museum of Photography in 2017 and featured by The Guardian in 2022.[3][4] Her first monograph, Take a Picture, It Will Last Longer, was published by Thames & Hudson in 2026.[5]
Life and career
[edit]DiDonato was born and raised in Ohio and studied photojournalism at Kent State University, graduating in 2012.[3] While studying photojournalism, she began making and sharing self-portraits.[1] Her series Drift began in 2011 while she was working as a photojournalism intern at the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky.[6] She later moved to New York where she is now based.[1]
DiDonato's self-portrait series A House Is Not a Home was made in domestic and suburban settings in Ohio and drew on her feelings of "isolation and discontent" when returning to visit her hometown.[3] In 2021 her first international solo exhibition was presented by the Paris gallery Quand les fleurs nous sauvent, Le jardin secret de Brooke DiDonato.[7] Between 2021 and 2023 her photographs were included in NUDE, a Fotografiska group exhibition shown in Stockholm, New York and Berlin.[8][9][10]
In 2026, Thames & Hudson published DiDonato's first monograph, Take a Picture, It Will Last Longer, which collected A House Is Not a Home alongside other selections from her work.[5]
Work
[edit]DiDonato's staged photographs often place or even contort bodies in unusual positions within domestic interiors and landscapes. Critics have noted resonances with surrealism and the uncanny, and discussed her distinctive combination of humor and unease.[2][11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Pitcher, Laura (December 10, 2018). "Step inside Brooke DiDonato's surreal wallpapered world". i-D. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- 1 2 Jobson, Christopher (February 4, 2020). "Brooke DiDonato On the Process and Inspiration Behind Her Surreal Imagery". Colossal. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "A House Is Not a Home". Southeast Museum of Photography. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- ↑ "A House Is Not a Home: the self-portraits of Brooke DiDonato – in pictures". The Guardian. September 17, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- 1 2 "Brooke DiDonato: Take a Picture, It Will Last Longer". Thames & Hudson. 2026. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- ↑ Comstock, Lindsay (June 2, 2014). "Surreal Portraits Explore the Dark Side". Feature Shoot. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Brooke DiDonato's secret garden". Artsy. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ "NUDE". Fotografiska Stockholm. 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- ↑ "NUDE: From a female-identifying perspective". Fotografiska New York. 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- ↑ "NUDE". Fotografiska Berlin. 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- ↑ Solomon, Anna (January 22, 2026). "Brooke DiDonato's surreal photography captures hard-to-describe feelings". Wallpaper*. Retrieved September 24, 2026.