Pelicans secreting guano on sculptures by artist David Brooks at the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center (Tavernier, Florida, 11.24.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by David Brooks
Guano-covered sculpture Still Life with Stampede and Guano by artist David Brooks at NADA Miami (Miami Beach, Florida, 12.01.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Don Edler
Still Life with Stampede and Guano by artist David Brooks at NADA Miami (Miami Beach, Florida, 12.01.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Don Edler
Fish biologists Donald Taphorn, Hernán López-Fernández, Vanessa Meza, and Nathan Lovejoy use nets and electricity to sample a river (Andean Piedmont, Ecuador, August 2012). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by David Brooks
A wood-eating suckermouth armored catfish (Hypostomus pyrineusi) (Southwestern Amazon Basin, Peru, July 2010). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by Nathan Lujan, Ph.D
Head of a suckermouth armored catfish (Ancistrus sp.) (Southwestern Amazon Basin, Peru, July 2010). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by Nathan Lujan, Ph.D
Mouth of a suckermouth armored catfish (Ancistrus sp.) (Southwestern Amazon Basin, Peru, July 2010). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by Nathan Lujan, Ph.D
Fish biologists Nathan Lujan and Donald Taphorn, along with David Brooks, prepare to sample a stream (Andean Piedmont, Ecuador, August 2012). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by Vanessa Meza
Academy of Natural Sciences biologist Mark Sabaj has a freshwater shrimp removed from his nose (Upper Siapa River, Venezuela, March 2005). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Nathan Lujan, Ph.D
Exhibition Notes on Structure by artist David Brooks at American Contemporary (East Village, Manhattan, 05.01.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Is in His Element. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Ian Forster
Satellite photography of Everglades National Park in Florida. Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by US Geological Survey
Satellite photography of Everglades National Park abutting the urban development line and suburban sprawl. Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by US Geological Survey
Construction site for artist David Brooks’s sculpture Desert Rooftops at the Art Production Fund’s The Last Lot (Times Square, Manhattan, 11.16.11). Production still from New York Close Up. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by Rafael Salazar
Artist David Brooks at the Desert Rooftops construction site (Times Square, Manhattan, 11.16.11). Production still from New York Close Up. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland
Roofer frames Desert Rooftops sculpture by artist David Brooks (Times Square, Manhattan, 11.16.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland
Artist David Brooks with 3D architectural model for Desert Rooftops at the construction site (Times Square, Manhattan, 11.16.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland
3D architectural model for Desert Rooftopssculpture by artist David Brooks. Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by David Brooks
3D architectural model for Desert Rooftopssculpture by artist David Brooks. Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by David Brooks
Roofer frames Desert Rooftops sculpture by artist David Brooks (Times Square, Manhattan, 11.16.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland
Artist David Brooks nails shingles to his sculpture Desert Rooftops at the construction site (Times Square, Manhattan, 11.16.11). Production still from New York Close Up. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland
Roofers add shingles to Desert Rooftops sculpture by artist David Brooks (Times Square, Manhattan, 11.23.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by SFDS Fabrication & Design Shop
Completed Desert Rooftops sculpture by artist David Brooks at the Art Production Fund’s The Last Lot (Times Square, Manhattan, 02.02.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film David Brooks Tears the Roof Off. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland
