Rhodri Brooks takes portraits standing a couple feet away from her subjects. All of her photos are taken indoor and are staged. She captures bright colors in all of her photos, which shows the playful childish side of Rhodri. She builds objects up on top of her models heads before she photographs them. Brooks main theme is the transition from childhood to the struggles of adulthood and not wanting to except it.
In the first photo a young boy is balancing a soda and a paintbrush on their head. The next photo is of a lady with a stretchy, see through material wrapped around her entire head. Her eyes are closed which gives off an essence of her being drowned or weighed down by all of her responsibilities surrounding her. The last photo is of a young girl with a winter hat and gloves on and plastic gloves on her head. This picture ties back to the first photo in the way that both of their shoulders are covered up and their skin is covered. Showing how they are covered with constant stress and anxiety of the real world.
I like Rhodri Brooks work because it is so much different from any artist I've explored yet. She goes out of the box to try and create these human sculptures to backup her idea of wanting to stay in the child phase of life because it is the easiest. They all stare away from the camera looking her something new, something different, they are all looking for hope. Just a sign that will let them know that everything will be okay in the end.
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