Michael Christopher Brown Explained

Michael Christopher Brown
Birth Place:United States
Nationality:American
Occupation:photographer
Years Active:2005–present

Michael Christopher Brown (born December 18, 1978) is an American photographer known for his documentation of the 2011 Libyan Civil War[1] and the resulting monograph, Libyan Sugar (2016).[2]

Career

Brown was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington.[3] After moving to New York City in 2005, he joined the Italian photo agency Grazia Neri in 2006.[4] He then moved to Beijing, China, in 2009 and over the next two years put together a series of works from road and train trips across the country.

In 2010 Brown began taking pictures with an iPhone, driving around eastern China in his Jinbei van. Since then he produced iPhone photographs in Libya, Egypt, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Cuba and Palestine. Brown's ability to capture critical moments with an iPhone has led to his involvement with Time, The New York Times Magazine, and National Geographics Instagram platforms.[5] Through these platforms he is able to reach millions of followers to inform and educate on social and political issues in remote and under-reported areas of the world.

In 2011, Brown spent seven months in Libya photographing the Libyan Revolution,[6] exploring ethical distance and the iconography of warfare.[7] He covered several battles along the coast, was ambushed several times in Eastern Libya and injured twice.[8] In early March, on the frontline near the eastern town of Bin Jawad, he was shot in the leg by an AK-47 during a Government offensive. Six weeks later, while covering the Siege of Misrata, he was injured by incoming mortar fire and took four pieces of shrapnel to the chest, shoulder and arm, losing nearly half the blood in his body and requiring two transfusions.[9] His colleagues Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were both killed in the same attack.[10] [11] Brown returned to Libya twice in 2012 and was the subject of the Michael Mann directed HBO documentary series Witness: Libya.[12] In March 2012 Brown and Men's Journal writer Josh Davis were briefly kidnapped at gunpoint while covering a drifting event in Benghazi.[13]

Brown has documented conflict in and around the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2012 and was based in Goma from late 2012 until early 2014.

A contributing photographer at National Geographic[14] since 2005, where he has completed adventure and cultural stories, Brown is also a contributor to The New York Times Magazine and other publications. Since 2006 his photographs have been published in dozens of international publications. He joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2013[15] and was an associate from 2015[16] until leaving the agency in June 2017.[17]

Brown's book Libyan Sugar won the Paris Photo First Photobook Award and the International Center of Photography's 2017 Infinity Award for Artist's Book.

In 2015 and 2016 Brown produced Paradiso, a multimedia project on the electronica music and youth scene in Havana, Cuba, part of which was exhibited in 2017 during the Cuba IS show at the Annenberg Space for Photography.[18]

In 2018 Brown released the book Yo Soy Fidel, which follows the cortège of Fidel Castro, former Cuban revolutionary and politician, over a period of several days in late 2016.

Publications

Publications by Brown

Publications with contributions by Brown

Films

Exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bruno Bayley. A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict. 2016-04-25. Vice. 2016-11-09.
  2. Web site: Libyan Sugar. Coralie Kraft. LensCulture. 2016-11-09.
  3. Web site: Magnum Photos: Profile of Michael Christopher Brown. June 12, 2016. Magnum Photos.
  4. "Michael Christopher Brown: Sakhalin", Burn, 25 May 2009. Accessed 23 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Witness to the World: Photojournalist Michael Christopher Brown Puts Conflict in Focus. Karen Brost. 2013-05-15. JetsetMag.com. 2016-11-09.
  6. Web site: Michael Christopher Brown on Living and Working in the DRC. Ruby Love. Fstoppers. March 4, 2014 . 2016-11-09.
  7. The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown. McClell. Nicholas Hegel. Time. 2016-11-09.
  8. Web site: The Realities of a Revolution: The Libyan Crisis. ABC News. 2016-11-09.
  9. Web site: Surviving one of photojournalism's darkest moments. Basu. Moni. August 24, 2015 . CNN. 2016-11-09.
  10. Web site: At 27, Guy Martin Becomes a Veteran. Dunlap. David W.. Estrin. James. MacDonald. Kerri. April 22, 2011. Lens Blog. The New York Times. 2016-11-09.
  11. News: Staff writer. Bodies of Two Photographers Killed in Libya Arrive in Benghazi. CNN. 22 April 2011. 23 February 2017.
  12. Witness: Libya. Maria Lokke. 2012-11-12. The New Yorker. 2016-11-09.
  13. News: Arab Spring Break. Men's Journal. 2017-11-29.
  14. "Michael Brown", National Geographic
  15. Web site: Michael Christopher Brown joins Magnum Photos [update]]. Olivier Laurent. 2013-07-01. British Journal of Photography. 2016-11-09.
  16. Olivier. Laurent. 2018-07-19. Magnum Photos Adds Record-Breaking Number of New Members. Time.
  17. News: 2018-07-20. Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Magnum Photos. Magnum Photos.
  18. Web site: Cuba Is. Annenberg Space for Photography. en. 2017-11-28.
  19. Maria . Lokke . Witness: Libya . 12 November 2012 . 24 February 2017 . . New York.
  20. Web site: Which Way Is the Frontline From Here: The Life and Times of Tim Heatherington. HBO. en. 2017-11-28.
  21. Web site: Filmmakers. The Prosecutors. en-US. 2017-11-28.
  22. News: Cuba Is Annenberg Space for Photography. Annenberg Space for Photography. 2018-07-18. en-US.
  23. Web site: Home. www.chrishondrosfilm.com. en-US. 2017-11-28.
  24. Web site: Home. This Is Congo. en-US. 2017-11-28.
  25. "Simply Beautiful" Steven Kasher Gallery. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  26. "Revolucione(s). From the frontlines to the walls of Instituto Cervantes." Instituto Cervantes. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  27. "WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  28. "The Arc of War at the Brooklyn Museum" Art in America. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  29. "War/Photography" Annenberg Space for Photography. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  30. "WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath" Brooklyn Museum of Art. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  31. News: Ken . Johnson . Ken Johnson (art critic) . Poignant Images, With Posterity the Ultimate Winner: 'War/Photography' at the Brooklyn Museum . 14 November 2013 . 24 February 2017 . . New York.
  32. "Simply Beautiful" International Center of Photography. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  33. "Magnum Photographers Show How Covering Civil War Has Changed" Slate (magazine), 21 July 2015. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  34. "Odyssey Europe: Exile and Refuge Since 1945" Magnum Photos. Accessed 24 February 2017.
  35. News: The Magnum Home. Plinth. James Tiplady @ This Here for. Plinth. 2017-11-28. en.
  36. News: Magnum Manifesto. 2016-07-06. International Center of Photography. 2017-11-28. en.
  37. Web site: Les Recontres d'Arles. Rencontres d'Arles.
  38. Web site: Je mange donc je suis. 2021-10-21. Musée de l'Homme. fr.
  39. Web site:
  40. Web site: Michael Christopher Brown-IReporter alla Galleria d'Arte Moderna- le Ciminiere di Catania. October 8, 2021 .

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