Brandon Dunning Photography

10/18/2016

08/01/2016

01/24/2015

This past September I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of two amazing people, Ken and Kaci aka Lord and Lady Dowd.

06/07/2014

Hey everyone I am starting to take appointments for photo shoot sessions. For engagements, couples, families, toddlers, and modeling portfolio photographs just to name a few. Please message me for more info.

05/09/2014

Great show last night

04/30/2014

04/30/2014

4' x 6' soft and hard charcoal on paper

04/30/2014

These photographs are part of a series titled "Quite Courage." This is the artist statement that accompanies the photographs.

Sylvester “Frank” Dunning is my grandfather; he belongs to the “Greatest Generation” consisting of Americans who came of age during WWII and the Depression. Frank was born in 1932 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and has lived in South Attleboro, Massachusetts all his life. He lives in the house his father built and my father lives in the house my grandfather built. My grandfather stopped attending school after ninth grade to find employment and help with his family’s financial struggles. In 1953 he was drafted into the Army and served until he was honorably discharged in 1955. During this time he married my grandmother Madeline Pierce and they have been married for 60 years. Frank embodies the characteristics of his generation: persevering through difficult times and putting the greater good before himself. Through his constant persistence he developed values of personal responsibility and duty.

Many of the characteristics of men from my grandfather’s generation have been and still are used in advertising. Following WWII new media outlets such as television and color magazines became available. Advertising has embedded its place in our everyday lives. It has many different media outlets to expose ideologies and products. The influences that advertising has had on our perceptions of gender roles are extensive and can be examined through of our decades of exposure. In advertisements we can trace the romanticized history of how gender roles were portrayed and compare it to a history lived through the act of remembering.

I am trying to reconnect with my grandfathers past while trying to transition forward in my own life. Through this perspective I compare my own life to my grandfathers. I was conflicted and constantly trying to subjectively photograph my grandparent’s interactions and domestic lives without romanticizing the way my grandparents live their lives. It’s uncertain what thoughts my grandfather has of himself and how he’s overcome advertisties because he’s a man of few words. When asked he would simply reply “Don’t know too busy working.”

08/29/2013

08/29/2013

Please check out the photos I just uploaded from recient trips to Newport, Connecticut and New York. Also I have recently created a Ebay store where my photos will be available for purchase, my member name is: cinnamonturtlestudios2012.

08/29/2013

Queens Bridge

07/28/2013

Newport, RI