CODY BROTHERS
Cody Brothers
(he/him)
Cody Brothers is a native New Mexican photographer currently residing in Pecos, NM. He and his wife Nikkol are the owner operators of Visions Photo Lab in Santa Fe, NM. His photographical journey began as an adolescent when his grandfather gave him a Canon AE-1 after returning from a voyage overseas. He proceeded to learn how to operate the camera to capture images as references for drawings and paintings. His early artistic influences centered mostly around painters; Da Vinci, Dali, Delacroix, and Picasso. However, he was inspired at a very young age to pursue adventures to many of the iconic locations and National Parks of the West, because of the black and white imagery of photographers, such as, Adams, Gilpin, Strand and Weston.
Cody is self-taught, reliant upon 30+ years of experience working in, and now operating a photo lab. His expertise as a technician and printer ensure his personal involvement in all aspects of his photography from image capture and development, to print production and finish. He works exclusively with B&W films using a range of cameras including 4x5, 6x9, 6x17, 8x10 and a variety of pinhole cameras. He tends to lend his focus to vast panoramic landscapes, abandoned places and endless skies; in an attempt to capture the dreamscape state of his minds-eye. He has completed commissions for the state of Nevada, documenting their water reclamation resources, and art deco architecture of the dams, pumping stations and water resources along the Colorado River. In 2016, he was awarded the NEA’s “Imagine Your Parks” Grant, with the sponsorship of The Springs Preserve of Las Vegas, NV., commemorating the Centennial of the founding of the National Parks Service. Upon receiving the grant the NPCA (National Park Conservation Association) sponsored a show of his National Parks imagery at the Russell Rotunda Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. Most recently, in January 2020 he served as Artist in Residence in Death Valley NP, and in October 2020 at Shenandoah NP.
Cody’s most recent projects have focused on pinhole photography. Completing year long daily photographic projects “Through the Pinhole 2012” and “Through the Pinhole 2020”; and an almost decade long documentation of “NYC Through the Pinhole”. Cody is represented by galleries in Denver, New York City, and Santa Fe. His work is part of the permanent collections of New Mexico Art in Public Places, New Mexico History Museum, Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, NV., and the University of New Mexico.
Recent Exhibitions
“Click”- Bobby Beals Presents @ Bishop’s Lodge, Santa Fe, NM- June 2023
“NYC- Though the Pinhole”- Manhattan Boroughs, NYC: April - June 2023
“New York State Of Mind”- Salmagundi Club, NYC: October- November 2022
“Through the Pinhole: Vol I”- Aurelia Gallery, Santa Fe, NM: May 26-July 10, 2022
“Forgotten Horizons”- National Endowment for the Arts- “Imagine Your Parks Grant” - Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, NV- June, 2019
“Forgotten Horizon” - Modernist Frontier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - July, 2018
"National Parks of the America Southwest: A Centennial Portrait" - Russell Rotunda, Washington, DC, November,
2016
Art Deco of the Colorado River- Commission Project for the Colorado River Users Association, December, 2015- 21 selected works
Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta 2014 Featured Artist
"Poetics of Light Exhibition"- New Mexico History Museum April, 2014
"Wide Open"- Solo show with Robert Anderson Gallery, Denver, CO. May16, 2014 - July 16, 2014
Fine Art Photography Commission Project- "Nevada Refections: The Silver State in Black & White" April 2012-
Fall of 2013. 21pieces exhibited at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, NV September 2013-January 2014
Recent Awards and Achievements:
NPAF Shenandoah National Park Artist in Residence- October 2020
Black &White Spider Awards 2020- Nominee in Fine Art, “Lamy, NM Disappearing Train, Pinhole”
Black &White Spider Awards 2019- Nominee in Fine Art, “Mesquite Sand Dunes- Death Valley National Park, CA”, “Stella Lake- Great Basin National Park, NV”, and “Mushroom Rock Lake Mead, NV”
Representing the West- A new Frontier2019, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO- “Desert Center, CA- Gas Pumps” and “Disappearing Car”
Black &White Spider Awards 2018- Nominee in Fine Art, “Happy Saguaro” and “Chaco Doorway
Black &White Spider Awards 2017- Nominee in Fine Art, "Death Valley, Mining Camp, Wash Basin
Black & White Spider Awards 2017- Nominee in Fine Art, "Gay Street, NYC Through the Pinhole Project"
Representing the West- A new Frontier 2017, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO- “Mining Camp Wash Basin, Death Valley, CA”
Black &White Spider Awards 2016- Nominee in Fine Art, Architectural and Nature- "Fallen Bridge", "Tunnel Vision", and "Great Sand Dunes"
Black &White Spider Awards 2015- 3rd place, Honor of Distinction in Still Life- "Warm Springs Bicycle"
Black &White Spider Awards 2015- Nominee in Fine Art- "Wonder Wheel"
18th Annual TEXAS NATIONAL 2012 Juried show, The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches,TX- "Golondrinas, NM- Buffalo”
National Juried Show, February 2012, Earth Through a Lens Show- Rancho Mirage Public Library, San Diego,
CA- "Canyonlands National Park, UT" National Juried Show, February 2012, Wide Open 3 Art Show- Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn,
NY- "Canyonlands National Park, UT" Annual Black &white Spider Awards, 2011- Nominee in fine art, "End of the Road" and in Nature, "Painted Desert"
Permanent Collections:
Arts in Public Places NM 2020- purchase for Department of Cultural Affairs, “ Mission and Convento / Kiva-Pecos National Historical Park”
Arts in Public Places NM 2019- purchase for Pecos, NM Senior Center- “Pecos National Historic Park, Mission”
“Forgotten Horizons”- National Endowment for the Arts- “Imagine Your Parks Grant” - Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, NV- June, 2019
Fine Art Photography Commission Project- “Art Deco of the Colorado River”. The Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, NV
2016
Arts in Public Places NM 2015- purchase for UNM permanent collection “Chama House"
New Mexico History Museum 2014- Pinhole Resource Collection.
Fine Art Photography Commission Project- "Nevada Refections: The Silver State in Black & White" April 2012-
Fall of 2013- 21pieces exhibited at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, NV September 2013-January 2014
Arts in Public Places NM 2011- purchase for UNM permanent collection “Tierra Amarilla House” and “Canyonlands, UT”