Holbrook Photograhphy

The Photography
of
John Holbrook
Email: johnholbrook@sbcglobal.net

Perception Paper
MS Word
"Mama Rose
as an image of Christ"
by Marian Alonso

John Holbrook is an artist from Fort Worth, Texas. Holbrook's recent photographs of Texas death row inmates began their international tour in 2008 at the Norwegian Opera house in Oslo. This tour includes an exhibit and a lecture from John Holbrook about his experiences photographing these inmates and his 17 years experiences as a private Investigator defending the Texas capital murderer. This exhibit continues throughout Europe and the US. The European cities hosting the death row exhibit include Geneva, Rome, Oslo, and Amsterdam. A pivotal exhibit whill be in the 'Rotunda' room of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin.

To hear more about the death row exhibit, listen to a radio interview from a recent exhibit in Geneva on 'World Radio Switzerland'. Click the link on the left side.

John Holbrook is an internationally known, Texas artist who has appeared on CNN twice.

'Mother Rose' is a picture of a homeless woman who suffers from schizophrenia. The clothes worn by 'Mother Rose' are her own and she placed the blanket on the fence to shield herself from the 110 degree Texas sun. The bird in the picture is real and appeared unexpectedly in the image. The artist added the 'Halo' to the subject with a darkroom technique called dodging.