Born in Detroit, Michigan, Brita Brookes has pursued careers in architectural design and graphic design, but always comes back to her passion for photography and photojournalism. Brookes has found herself immersed with her camera in many different cultures, from the music scene of Michigan to local tribal communities. In 2009, Brookes had a one-woman show at the GVSU Art Museum titled “Art of the Pow Wow.” The photographs in the show highlighted Brookes' firsthand experiences participating in Pow Wows of the Three Fires Confederacy area of Michigan and Ontario. Although not of Native American heritage herself, she has actively been involved in Native American communities across the country.

More recently, Brookes completed a music photography internship with the Detroit Metro Times. Since then, she has covered Michigan music concerts, festivals, studio sessions, backstage, candid, all-access tour documentary style, and artist portraits. She has also contributed writing and photographs to many music and art-themed publications.

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