Michael Christopher Brown

Michael Christopher Brown
Born
United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupationphotographer
Years active2005–present
Websitewww.michaelchristopherbrown.com

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 Geographic's 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.[5]

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

  • Libyan Sugar. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 2016. Second edition, 2017. ISBN 978-1936611096.
  • Yo Soy Fidel. Bologna, Italy. Damiani, 2018. ISBN 978-8862086028.

Publications with contributions by Brown

Films

  • HBO Witness: Libya (2012) – 56 minute HBO documentary about Brown, directed by Abdallah Omeish and executive produced by Michael Mann and David Frankham. Includes appearance by and film contributions from Brown.[19]
  • Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (2013) – 1 hour 18 minute documentary directed by Sebastian Junger. Includes Libya footage by Brown.[20]
  • The Prosecutors (2014) – documentary directed and produced by Leslie Thomas. Includes footage by Brown produced for the film in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[21]
  • Libyan Sugar (2015) – short film, directed/produced/filmed by Brown and produced by Liza Faktor.
  • Paradiso (2015/2016) – short films on the electronica music and youth scene in Havana, Cuba. Some of these were exhibited in 2017 during the Cuba IS show at the Annenberg Space for Photography.[22]
  • Hondros (2017) – directed by Greg Campbell. Includes Libya footage by Brown.[23]
  • This is Congo (2017) – directed by Daniel McCabe. Includes footage by Brown produced for the film in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[24]

Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ Bruno Bayley (April 25, 2016). "A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict". Vice. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Coralie Kraft. "Libyan Sugar". LensCulture. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Magnum Photos: Profile of Michael Christopher Brown". Magnum Photos. June 12, 2016. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Michael Christopher Brown: Sakhalin", Burn, 25 May 2009. Accessed 23 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b Karen Brost (May 15, 2013). "Witness to the World: Photojournalist Michael Christopher Brown Puts Conflict in Focus". JetsetMag.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  6. ^ Ruby Love (March 4, 2014). "Michael Christopher Brown on Living and Working in the DRC". Fstoppers. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  7. ^ McClell, Nicholas Hegel. "The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown". Time. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "The Realities of a Revolution: The Libyan Crisis". ABC News. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  9. ^ Basu, Moni (August 24, 2015). "Surviving one of photojournalism's darkest moments". CNN. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  10. ^ Dunlap, David W.; Estrin, James; MacDonald, Kerri (April 22, 2011). "At 27, Guy Martin Becomes a Veteran". Lens Blog. The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  11. ^ Staff writer (April 22, 2011). "Bodies of Two Photographers Killed in Libya Arrive in Benghazi". CNN. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  12. ^ Maria Lokke (November 12, 2012). "Witness: Libya". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  13. ^ "Arab Spring Break". Men's Journal. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  14. ^ "Michael Brown", National Geographic
  15. ^ Olivier Laurent (July 1, 2013). "Michael Christopher Brown joins Magnum Photos [update]". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  16. ^ Laurent, Olivier. "Magnum Photos Adds Record-Breaking Number of New Members". Time. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  17. ^ "Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Magnum Photos". Magnum Photos. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Cuba Is". Annenberg Space for Photography. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  19. ^ Lokke, Maria (November 12, 2012). "Witness: Libya". The New Yorker. New York. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  20. ^ "Which Way Is the Frontline From Here: The Life and Times of Tim Heatherington". HBO. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  21. ^ "Filmmakers". The Prosecutors. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  22. ^ "Cuba Is | Annenberg Space for Photography". Annenberg Space for Photography. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  23. ^ "Home". www.chrishondrosfilm.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  24. ^ "Home". This Is Congo. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  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. ^ Johnson, Ken (November 14, 2013). "Poignant Images, With Posterity the Ultimate Winner: 'War/Photography' at the Brooklyn Museum". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  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. ^ Plinth, James Tiplady @ This Here for. "The Magnum Home". Plinth. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  36. ^ "Magnum Manifesto". International Center of Photography. July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  37. ^ "Les Recontres d'Arles". Rencontres d'Arles.
  38. ^ "Je mange donc je suis". Musée de l'Homme (in French). Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  39. ^ https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/languages-literatures-and-cultures/news/this-is-cuba-documentary-photography-after-fidel/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  40. ^ "Michael Christopher Brown-IReporter alla Galleria d'Arte Moderna- le Ciminiere di Catania". October 8, 2021.

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