Elizabeth Gabriel Brooke

During graduate school in 1974, she went to Provincetown on a whim for New Year’s. It turned into a wild and crazy weekend that included Grace Jones in concert.  

Provincetown spoke to her then as it continues to do every day. She was determined to return for the summer, which she did. Since that time, she has never left except to travel. Over the next several decades, she wore many entrepreneurial hats with business startups, including kite store owner, printmaker, website and design firm owner, restauranteur, photo studio owner, press photographer, advertising marketing director, innkeeper, educator, nonprofit founder, therapy dog trainer, and boat captain. 

Her core interests are the welfare of animals and children, environmental preservation, and fine art & wildlife photography. 

She lives at Gabriel’s, a Provincetown hotel that she has owned since 1979. They have luxury accommodations, consisting of four buildings, and are right in the center of town next to the park. Her wife, also named Elizabeth, runs the business now, so she is free and able to concentrate full-time on my photography.

 Visit Gabriel's at: www.gabriels.com 

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As photographer

About The Photographer:

Photographer Elizabeth G. Brooke has made her home in Provincetown, MA, since 1974; her lifelong love of the sea and her seaside community is frequently evident in her images. However, she travels worldwide, always broadening her subject matter while using her technical skill and aesthetic vision. 

Publications: Massachusetts Audubon Society newsletter, Cape Cod Times, Boston Globe, Provincetown Magazine, Provincetown Independent, New York Times, South by Southeast Magazine, Shitzen Magazine, among others. 

Exhibits: Provincetown Art Association and Museum juried show, One woman show at The Commons in Provincetown, Cape Cod Creative Arts Center in Chatham, Columbia Arts Center in Maryland, Photoplace Gallery in Vermont, SE Center for Photography

Awards: First Place Winner in Black and White category by Paper Arts Collective, Best in Show by Orleans Gallery of Photography, Jurors Award for Anamalia by Photoplace Gallery, Award in Group Show by Chatham Creative Arts Center, Leica Society Photo of the Week

Her 2021 book of Provincetown-based images, “The Lobstermen,” can be purchased online at https://www.blurb.com/b/10527651-the-lobstermen

Elizabeth describes looking through her lens and uniting with her subject without thinking, “change my f-stop, move right, left, up, down,” but rather sensing what will capture the raw quality and feel of the moment through creative intuition and sharing that through her images.

Elizabeth holds a Master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. She is married. You are invited to visit her website, here: https://www.elizabethgbrooke.com/


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