Bracco in Veracruz for a story on the region’s cloud forests, commissioned by Biographic, a project by the California Academy of Sciences. Photo by Eduardo Herce.
Dominic Bracco II is a photographer, journalist, author, educator, writer, and social practice artist based in Baja California Sur, México.
Bracco places his work in installations that include sculpture, video, and performance to create narratives about about human connection and the cycles of life and death. His work points to geography, history, the natural world and how we interact with it. His process is informed by journalistic research and an animistic world view. Bracco's work often captures the everyday struggles and triumphs of ordinary people, as well as scenes of nature that are often overlooked.
He has received broad recognition, including the W. Eugene Smith Fellowship and the Tim Hetherington Visionary Award. Twice his writing was selected for EFECINE. Bracco's multimedia installations have been exhibited at El Museo del Hijo del Ahuizote in Mexico City and at Cortona On the Move in Italy. His work is featured in collections at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Worcester Art Museum and in private collections.
His reporting has been published in National Geographic Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, the BBC.
Born 1986 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Bracco resides in Mexico since 2010 with his wife, Meghan Dhaliwal, who is also an artist and journalist. Both are National Geographic Explorers.
Dominic Bracco II es un fotógrafo que presenta su obra en instalaciones que incluyen escultura, video y performance para crear narrativas sobre la conexión humana y los ciclos de la vida y la muerte. Su trabajo señala la geografía, la historia, el mundo natural y cómo interactuamos con ella. Su proceso se basa en la investigación periodística y una visión del mundo animista.
El enfoque de Bracco se refleja en su fotografía, que a menudo captura las luchas y triunfos cotidianos de las personas comunes, así como escenas de la naturaleza que a veces pasan desapercibidas.
Su obra ha recibido amplio reconocimiento, incluyendo la beca W. Eugene Smith y el Tim Hetherington Visionary Award. Las instalaciones multimedia de Bracco se han exhibido en El Museo del Hijo del Ahuizote en la Ciudad de México y en Cortona On the Move en Italia. Su trabajo forma parte de las colecciones del Museum of Fine Arts en Houston, el Worcester Art Museum y colecciones privadas.
Nacido en 1986 en Corpus Christi, Texas, Bracco reside en México desde 2010 con su esposa, Meghan Dhaliwal, quien también es artista y periodista. Ambos son Exploradores de National Geographic.
Paso del Norte, a multimedia performance by Bracco on display at El Hijo del Ahuizote in Mexico City.