Brooke Shaden

Born : March 1987 (age 32) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. Nationality : American Education: Temple University Known For: Photography Self Description: Intensely anxious, powerful little creative soul. Favorite Memory: Flying into the sky before she lost her wings at the age of 5. Greatest Achievement: Starting The Light Space, a photography school for survivors of human trafficking in India and now Thailand. Greatest Fear: Whales. Favorite Book: Dune by Frank Herbert. Self Description: Intensely anxious, powerful little creative soul. Favorite Memory: Flying into the sky before she lost her wings at the age of 5. Greatest Achievement: Starting The Light Space, a photography school for survivors of human trafficking in India and now Thailand. Greatest Fear: Whales. Favorite Book: Dune by Frank Herbert.

Shaden was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and graduated from Temple University with bachelor’s degrees in Film and English. She began her photography career in Los Angeles, CA creating self-portraits. She started photography then in 2008, excited to create in solitude and take on character roles herself. Brooke works from a place of theme, often gravitating toward death and rebirth or beauty and decay . . She follows her curiosity into the unknown to see whom her characters might become. Brooke believes the greatest gift an artist has is the ability to channel fears, hopes and experience into a representation of one’s potential.

Brooke’s passion is storytelling, and her life is engulfed in it. From creating self-portraits and writing to international adventures and motivational speeches, she wants to live a thousand lives in one. She keeps her curiosity burning to live a truly interesting story.