"Brodie earned his degree in photography from Parsons The New School for Design in New York. Rooted in personal and cultural experiences, Brodie's work explores identity, texture, and emotion through both still and moving images. He is also the co-founder of Forgotten Lands, an independent publisher dedicated to authentic Caribbean art, culture, and dialogue. Brodie began this series in 2020. It focuses on long-overlooked health diagnoses within his own family, specifically his father's dementia and the passing of his eldest and only sister."
"It reveals the quiet strength required to care for loved ones while confronting one's own vulnerability. In many Caribbean households, aging and mental health remain taboo. "Leave it to the Lord" is a common phrase that offers comfort, yet often leaves deeper struggles unspoken. Through this work, Brodie explores the tension between cultural expectations and the lived realities of caregiving, blurring the line between family archive and artistic inquiry."
Don Brodie is a Jamaican-American photographer who earned his degree from Parsons The New School for Design. His practice draws on personal and cultural experiences to explore identity, texture, and emotion through still and moving images. He co-founded Forgotten Lands, an independent publisher for Caribbean art and dialogue. The series began in 2020 and centers on his father's dementia and the death of his eldest sister, tracing grief, aging, caregiving, and legacy. Photographs were made across New York, Maryland, Florida, and his sister's resting waters in Jamaica. The project captures candid moments, portraits, and quiet details that reveal cultural taboos and caregiving tensions.
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