Lily Brooks
“Through long term research-based projects I seek to visualize traces of power and vulnerability in the landscape of the Gulf South. Working across the medium of photography, I utilize analog, digital, and video-based processes in my practice. I often examine sites where climate instability intersects with practices of extraction, historical violence, and contemporary ecological significance. This is true of both The Spillway (2016-2021) as well as Letter from a Bellwether, my current ongoing project.” - Brooks
Photo Credit: Chelsea Mitchell.
Lily Brooks is a Louisiana-based artist. Her work has been exhibited nationally and featured in publications such as NPR’s Central Standard, The Oxford American, and the Los Angeles Times. She is the 2019 recipient of an Archive Documentation and Preservation Grant from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation for her ongoing project, The Spillway. Her editorial clients include the New York Times, NPR, and the Financial Times. Lily holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art + Design.
Lily teaches as an Associate Professor of Photography at Southeastern Louisiana University and was named a 2022-2025 Edward G. Schlieder Foundation Endowed Professor of Environmental Studies and Sustainability. She lives and works in Baton Rouge and was a member of The Front, an artist-run project gallery in New Orleans, from 2020 to 2025.
