To gaze upon the photography of Dani Brubaker is to look primitive joy straight in the eye. The sheer, natural soulfulness she captures in her children is vivaciousness personified; refreshingly unfettered and untamed by modern life. Maybe that?s because Dani is part Choctaw Indian and part California beachcomber.
Dani?s journey began in the American Southwest, Oklahoma to be exact, where she grew up by the code of the Native American Indian. The code, which venerates children yet allows them freedom of self-expression, is reflected everywhere in Dani?s work.
From there it was further west, to California, where she worked as an award-winning advertising art director. For more than a decade she honed her skills, taste and exquisite eye, eventually transferring her talent into aesthetically balanced and pleasing photo compositions.
Dani splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
Not given to self aggrandizement, Dani and her work can be summed up in her motto:
beauty need only be a whisper.
