Biography First Draft 4 Oct 2012

Ginger Cook

 

Ginger Cook is turning raw memories of her life into a photographic narrative. Cook’s work delves into her intimate life story through a series of self-portraits. Sourcing personal narratives, she utilizes photography to investigate identity formation. Her self-portraits explore identity in relation to childhood experiences, gender, body image, aging and chronic illness.

She returned to college to study photography in her 50's and entered the Master's of Art program at Texas A&M Commerce in the fall of 2011.  Her work has been exhibited in Buenos Aires, Argentina; London, England; Brooklyn, New York; Middlebury, Vermont; Los Angeles, California; Longview, Rockport, Paris and Honey Grove, Texas.

Cook has won the Nadar Award for Students in the Portrait category, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Self-portrait division and the Graduate Excellence Award at Texas A&M Commerce. 

Ms. Cook enjoys teaching photography and passing on her knowledge of alternative printing.

Ginger lives with her photographer husband, David in Paris Texas.