Brandy Eve Allen’s work challenges conventional ideas of separation, between nature and home, humans and non-human entities, sound and silence- subverting the anthropocentric lens by shifting the focus from human dominance to mutual interdependence and challenging the default human-centered perspective. Her multiple exposure photographs, captured in city streets and within the intimacy of her home, intertwine disparate spaces into imagined yet deeply organic environments. Meanwhile, her sonic compositions draw on the ancient sounds of whales, birdsong, and environmental elements like rain and ocean waves, blending nature, instruments and technology in a symbiotic relationship that reframes nature as a collaborator rather than a resource. By amplifying the voices of the natural world and confronting themes of isolation, her work offers not a lament but a reimagining of solitude as fertile ground for depth and connection to the cycles of life and death. Allen invites us to reconsider our place within these interconnected rhythms, fostering deeper reverence and harmony with the world around us.
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not…. Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” - Georgia O’Keeffe
All photography shot with film (no digital modification)
“Wild meadow sweetgrass grows long and fragrant when it is looked after by humans. Weeding and care for the habitat and neighboring plants strengthens its growth” - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer