Tag: Michael Christopher Brown

  • Photojournalist Controversially Turns to AI to Illustrate ‘Inaccessible’ Stories | PetaPixel

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    Photojournalist Controversially Turns to AI to Illustrate ‘Inaccessible’ Stories His Instagram account has been flooded with angry comments. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/photojournalist-controversially-turns-to-ai-to-illustrate-inaccessible-stories/ Michael Christopher Brown used the artificial intelligence (AI) image generator Midjourney to produce a series of images that explores historical Cuban events and the realities of Cubans attempting to cross the 90 miles of…

  • How AI Imagery is Shaking Photojournalism — Blind Magazine

    How AI Imagery is Shaking Photojournalism — Blind Magazine

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    How AI Imagery is Shaking Photojournalism — Blind Magazine In this Op-ed, independent photography director Amber Terranova discusses one of the most controversial AI imagery projects in recent weeks. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/how-ai-imagery-is-shaking-photojournalism/ In this Op-ed, independent photography director and educator Amber Terranova discusses one of the most controversial AI imagery projects in recent weeks.

  • A Small Voice Podcast – 142 – Michael Christopher Brown

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    https://bensmithphoto.com/asmallvoice/michael-christopher-brown American photographer Michael Christopher Brown was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington. After moving to New York City in 2005, he joined the Italian photo agency Grazia Neri in 2006. He then moved to Beijing, China, in 2009 and over the next two years put together a series of works…

  • Musings: Michael Christopher Brown in Congo

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    Link: While working on a project that was a mammoth photo editing task—our Congo story, published on our News site—I came across Michael Christopher Browns’s ironically lovely images from the Congo, taken between 2012 and 2013. The original news story is an 11,000 word piece that dives deep into Congo’s conflicted and violent history, and…

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    Link: Michael Christopher Brown has been made an Associate Member Carolyn Drake has been made a Magnum Nominee Matt Black has been made a Magnum Nominee Newsha Tavakolian has been made a Magnum Nominee Max Pinckers has been made a Magnum Nominee Richard Mosse has been made a Magnum Nominee Lorenzo Meloni has been made…

  • ‘War Stories Shouldn’t Be Easy, True War Stories Never Are’ | TIME

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    ‘War Stories Shouldn’t Be Easy, True War Stories Never Are’ Anastasia Taylor-Lind reviews Michael Christopher Brown’s book, ‘Libyan Sugar’ via Time: https://time.com/4410520/libyan-war-photobook/ A review of Michael Christopher Brown’s photobook, Libyan Sugar

  • Michael Christopher Brown, Artist’s Book Infinity Award – The Eye of Photography

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    Michael Christopher Brown, Artist’s Book Infinity Award The project for which he receives the ICP Infinity Award—Libyan Sugar (2016)— explores ethical distance and the iconography of warfare while using a phone camera. A book on the series was released in 2016 by Twin Palms Publishers; a lm and a mixed media installation will complete the…

  • A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict | VICE | United States

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    A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict In April of 2011, a bombing in Libya killed photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, and injured Brown. This painful experience is an integral part of his new book, ‘Libyan Sugar.’ via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/libyan-sugar-michael-christopher-brown-magnum-photo Michael Christopher Brown’s new book, Libyan Sugar, is about the Libyan…

  • Blood and Determination: A Young Photographer’s Intro to a Revolution Photos | Image #1 – ABC News

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    The Realities of a Revolution: The Libyan Crisis Michael Christopher Brown’s “Libyan Sugar” centers around the 2011 Libyan Revolution, detailed through photographs, journal entries, and written communication with family and colleagues. “Libyan Sugar” is a depiction of a youth uprising that quickly becam via ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/International/photos/blood-determination-young-photographers-intro-revolution-33378100/image-33378620 Michael Christopher Brown’s “Libyan Sugar” centers around the…

  • Surviving one of photojournalism’s darkest moments – CNN.com

    Surviving one of photojournalism’s darkest moments – CNN.com

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    Surviving one of photojournalism’s darkest moments – CNN Michael Christopher Brown will never forget the first time he experienced armed conflict. He was documenting the Libyan conflict in 2011 when tragedy struck. via CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/23/world/cnnphotos-libyan-sugar-civil-war/ Photographer Michael Christopher Brown traveled by car into Libya with a digital camera in his hand and adventure in his…

  • In Conversation with Michael Christopher Brown — Vantage — Medium

    In Conversation with Michael Christopher Brown — Vantage — Medium

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    In Conversation with Michael Christopher Brown Filters are a no-no, photobooks are like babies, and Instagram is a numbers-game via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/in-conversation-with-michael-christopher-brown-94546199db19 Shortly after arriving in Libya to cover the insurrection which would eventually topple Muammar Gaddafi, Brown dropped his camera. He made do as best he could and reported with his iPhone. Soon thereafter,…

  • New Magnum nominee’s website: Michael Christopher Brown

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    Homepage – Michael Christopher Brown via Michael Christopher Brown: http://www.mcbphotos.com/ He sat down for a video interview with PDN at the Look3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia last month to explain the tools and techniques he uses to capture unguarded moments of everyday people on the streets of Chicago, New York and other…

  • Michael Christopher Brown joins Magnum Photos

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    Michael Christopher Brown joins Magnum Photos [update] In a message on Twitter posted earlier today, photographer Michael Christopher Brown has confirmed that he’s Magnum Photos’ new nominee. ‘Proud and honored to be accepted as a nominee this year,’ he wrote. In two years’ time he will be able to resubmit hi via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2278636/michael-christopher-brown-joins-magnum-photos…

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    iPhone Photojournalism – Digital Photo Pro Michael Christopher Brown uses an unlikely device to create iconic news photos that wouldn’t be possible with a DSLR via Digital Photo Pro: http://www.digitalphotopro.com/technique/camera-technique/iphone-photojournalism.html Michael Christopher Brown uses an unlikely device to create iconic news photos that wouldn’t be possible with a DSLR

  • HBO’s Witness: Libya, with Michael Christopher Brown

    HBO’s Witness: Libya, with Michael Christopher Brown

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    Witness: Libya Tonight at 9 P.M., HBO is airing “Witness: Libya,” a documentary that follows the war work of the the photographer Michael Christopher Brown. It’s … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/11/witness-libya.html Tonight at 9 P.M., HBO is airing “Witness: Libya,” a documentary that follows the war work of the the photographer Michael Christopher Brown.

  • In the Eye of the Storm: Capturing Sandy’s Wrath

    In the Eye of the Storm: Capturing Sandy’s Wrath

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/30/in-the-eye-of-the-storm-capturing-sandys-wrath/#1 As Sandy drew near, TIME asked five photographers — Michael Christopher Brown, Benjamin Lowy, Ed Kashi, Andrew Quilty and Stephen Wilkes — to document the hurricane and its aftermath via Instagram.

  • emphas.is: Michael Christopher Brown – The Libyan Republic

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    There now is a new pitch up on emphas.is by Michael Christopher Brown, entitled The Libyan Republic – if you want to support a photojournalist specifically working in the country, which still torn by war, check it out Link: Conscientious Extended | emphas.is: Michael Christopher Brown – The Libyan Republic

  • michael christopher brown – the libyan republic

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    michael c. brown – the libyan republic [slidepress gallery=’michaelchristopherbrown_thelybianrepublic’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls  ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2011 Finalist Mic… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/epf-2011-finalists/2011/06/michael-christopher-brown-the-lybian-republic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+burnmag Since arriving in Libya, I have tried to understand the situation. People swap facts, predictions and rumors, but the complexity of the conflict makes…

  • The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown

    The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/20/the-war-in-libya-photographs-by-michael-christopher-brown/#1 “I didn’t go to Libya to cover a war, I went to cover an uprising,” said Brown, who was using an iPhone loaded with the Hipstamatic app after dropping his SLR on one of the first days he was there. “But…

  • michael christopher brown – libya | burn magazine

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    michael c. brown – libya [slidepress gallery=’michaelchristopherbrown_lybia’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Michael Christopher Brown Libya play th… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2011/03/michael-christopher-brown-libya/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+burnmag+%28burn+magazine%29 Since arriving ten days ago, I have tried to understand the situation here in Libya. People swap facts, predictions and rumors, the news feeds…