Brooke Anderson (she/her) is a freelance photographer and photojournalist based on unceded Ohlone land in Oakland, CA. She covers movements for social, economic, racial, and climate justice.
Among other places, her images have appeared in such publications as: The New York Times, Newsweek, CNN, Good Morning America!, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The American Prospect, The New Republic, PBS, Democracy Now!, Mother Jones, YES! Magazine, Grist, Colorlines, In These Times, Capital & Main, Common Dreams, Truthout, The Electronic Intifada, Mic, Shareable, San Francisco Chronicle, The Mercury News, San Francisco Magazine, On KQED Magazine, KTVU, East Bay Express, SFist, Oakland Post, San Francisco Bay View, North Bay Bohemian, 48 Hills, News from Native California, Made Local Magazine, El Tecolote, El Mundo, iPondr, Pop-Up Magazine, Abolition Journal, and Street Spirit.
Her work has been featured in exhibits by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, East Side Arts Alliance, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Asian Resource Center, Studio Grand, CultureStrike, Silicon Valley De Bug, and Survival Media Agency.
She regularly guest-lectures on photography and photojournalism in high schools and universities, and teaches digital photography and visual storytelling workshops for community organizations.
Brooke first fell in love with photography while documenting the struggles of the low-wage workers (hotel housekeepers, port truck drivers, recycling workers) she was working with as a union and community organizer. She is a proud union member of the Pacific Media Workers Guild CWA 39521 AFL-CIO.