I’m interested in the history and stories of locations. Getting lost amongst and within the buildings, cityscapes and landscapes, I archive the forgotten spaces to tell the tales of these sites.
I’m interested in the history and stories of locations. Getting lost amongst and within the buildings, cityscapes and landscapes, I archive the forgotten spaces to tell the tales of these sites.
As a reaction to a life spent living in and photographing the city I’m driven to explore and document the city but also in parallel, the natural environment. The process is intuitive; about being and experiencing and then showing how this felt through images and film. The sublime is a key concept within my process and output, as I aim to understand its context within alternative locations. Taking inspiration from paintings within the Romantic era, I use small details and studies of the landscape to create larger scale works that become my interpretation of a location.
Through the act of building images, I aim to capture the forms and rhythms of nature and the city. Often as imagined or re-imagined scenes, I aim to create a heightened sense of place and the audience's interaction with it.
In my practice I use photography, film and digital technology as a prism for seeing and experiencing the world, particularly the natural and urban landscape. I then process and build on what I’ve recorded, presenting this to an audience through immersive experiences.
Andrew Brooks is a photographer, digital artist and film maker.
Born 1977 UK - Based in Manchester, UK.
Website: www.andrewbrooksphotography.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0781 613 9846
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS /
2017 The Library and the Mountain: Photography exhibition at the Portico, Manchester.
2017 Secret Cities Aberdeen: Photography exhibition, Marischal Collage, part of Spectra Aberdeen Festival of Light.
2016 Field Studies - Odin's Gully. Film piece and collaboration with sound artist Simon Connor, StudioBook Group Exhibtion, Artwork Atelier, Manchester.
2015 Immersion Iceland: Film project, Spectra Festival of Light, Aberdeen, Scotland.
2014 New Worlds: Lead Artist at Art and Algorithms Digital Arts Festival, Titusville, Florida, USA.
2014 Immersion Manchester, film project, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England.2013 Secret Cities Sittard Geleen: Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands.
2012 ‘Home’ Group Exhibition: Cornerhouse, Manchester, England.
2012 Digital Romantics Group Exhibition: The Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax and Aubin Gallery London, England.
2011 - 2014 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Collaboration, England.
2011 Secret Cities Zoetermeer: Stadsmuseum Zoetemeer, Netherlands.
2011 New Worlds: The Hive, Manchester, England.
2010 MIDAS Photography of Manchester: MIDAS, Manchester, England.
2010 Pingyao International Photography Festival: Old Town, Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China.
2009 MOSI: Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England.
2009 PX3 Essence of Water: Farmani Gallery, Brooklyn, USA.
2008-09 Hidden Manchester: URBIS, Manchester, England.
TEACHING /
2016 Visiting Speaker: University of Salford.
2014 Visiting Speaker: Manchester University.
2012 Photography Talk: Note to Self, Creative Consortium, Cornerhouse.
2012 Photography Workshop: Manchester Metropolitan School of Art.
2011 Workshop: Erasmus College Zoetermeer, Netherlands.
2010 Photography Talk: Northern Digitals, MAD Lab, Manchester.
Ongoing – Showcase and Workshops: Museum of Science and Industry.
Ongoing – Showcase and Workshops: Carmel College, St Helens.
RESIDENCIES /
2015 Immersion Iceland: Reykjavik.
2014 Art and Algorithms, lead artist at Digital Arts Festival, Titusville, Florida, USA
2013 Secret Cities Sittard Geleen: Museum Het Domein, Netherlands.
2011 Secret Cities Zoetermeer: Stadsmuseum, Zoetermeer, Netherlands.
COLLECTIONS /
2013 Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands.
2011 Stadsmuseum Zoetemeer, Netherlands.
2010 MOSI Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England, eight pieces detailing the museums collection.
ARTICLES /
2012 Skyliner (Blog).
2011 In Pictures: Wired Raw File Section, UK and US.
2009 Andrew Brooks, Popular Photography (Magazine), China.
2009 Andrew Brooks, dpi (Magazine), Taiwan.
AWARDS /
2016 Winning artist in the Greater Manchester Emerging Contemporary Artist Prize.
2013 Lumen Prize, Global Award for Digital Art.
2009 Winners Showcase Prix de la Photographie Paris exhibited Brooklyn, USA.