Gail Brooks was born in Japan. Because her parents were stationed there during the Korean War, and because she decided to enter the world during a rare Tokyo snowstorm, she was born off base and enjoyed dual citizenship until her mid-20s. Her family returned to the U.S. when she was 3. She graduated high school in Massachusetts and spent summers and weekends in the lake region of Maine. After attending New England College in New Hampshire where she studied art and education, she decided to return to Asia before she lost her dual status. She acquired her first camera in…