Draft:Charlee Brodsky

Charlee Mae Brodsky (b. 1950) is an American fine art documentary photographer and emeritus professor of photography at Carnegie Mellon University. Her work, which often explores themes of social issues and beauty, has received significant recognition and acclaim, including a regional Emmy Award and the title of Pittsburgh's Artist of the Year in 2012.

Early Life and Education
Brodsky earned her Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and later earned a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University School of Art.

Career
Brodsky has been a professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design for over 40 years. Her career has been marked by numerous publications, exhibitions, and collaborations:


 * "From Mill Town to Mall Town": This book, co-authored with writers Jim Daniels and Jane McCafferty, examines the transformation of Homestead, Pennsylvania, from a steel town to a commercial area with a shopping mall where steel mills once stood.
 * "I Thought I Could Fly... Portraits of Anguish, Compulsion, and Despair" (2008): Published by Bellevue Literary Press, this book includes photographs and personal narratives of individuals living with mental disorders. Inspired by her own family's experience with her daughter's bipolar disorder, it aims to raise awareness and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
 * "Street" (2005): A collaboration with poet Jim Daniels, this collection of photographs and poems won the Tillie Olsen Award in 2007 from the Working Class Studies Association.
 * "Knowing Stephanie" (2003): Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, this book chronicles the life of Stephanie Byram, who lived with breast cancer. It was selected as one of the outstanding illustrated books of 2004 by the American Association of University Presses.
 * "A Town Without Steel, Envisioning Homestead" (1998): Co-authored with anthropologist Judith Modell, this project documents the former steel town of Homestead, Pennsylvania, and was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. It has been featured in numerous exhibitions.

Publications
Pittsburgh Revealed: Photographs Since 1850. by Louise Lippincott (Preface), Richard Armstrong (Foreword), Charlee Brodsky (Contributor), Linda Benedict-Jones (Contributor), Leesa Rittleman (Contributor), Thomas M Weptrich (Contributor)A Town Without Steel: Envisioning Homestead. Judith Modell and Charlee Brodsky. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA. 1998. ISBN-13 978-0822940715. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. 1997.

Knowing Stephanie. by Stephanie Byram (Author), Jennifer Matesa (Author), Charlee Brodsky (Photographer). University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA. 2003. ISBN-13 978-0822942122

STREET: Poems by Jim Daniels, Photographs by Charlee Brodsky (Working Lives Series). Bottom Dog Press, 2005. ISBN-13 978-0933087941.

I Thought I Could Fly: Portraits of Anguish, Compulsion, and Despair. Bellevue Literary Press, 2008. ISBN-13 978-1934137093.

From Mill Town to Mall Town. Jim Daniels, Jane McCafferty and Charlee Brodsky. Marick Press. Washington, DC. 2010.

Exhibitions and Curatorial Work
Brodsky has exhibited her work both nationally and regionally. Notably, she co-curated the exhibition "Pittsburgh Revealed" (1997) at the Carnegie Museum of Art with Linda Benedict-Jones. This major exhibition, which focused on the history of photography in Western Pennsylvania, was accompanied by a book of the same name.

Awards and Recognitions

 * Pittsburgh’s Artist of the Year (2012): Awarded by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
 * Regional Emmy Award (2002): For her work on the documentary video "Stephanie."
 * Tillie Olsen Award (2007): For her book "Street" with Jim Daniels.