She studied Philosophy at Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts and worked in photography, film and television in New York City in the late 1960’s early 1970’s. Holbrook worked solely with handmade cameras in the 1990’s and now works with both pinhole and digital cameras. She has spent most of her life photographing in New England. Currently she travels to Greenland, Iceland and arctic destinations when possible, photographing the grandeur and fragility of the polar regions. She incorporates movement and low light in her work, with snow, ice, night and water as her inspirations.