Tag: Michael Christopher Brown

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

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 ocean that separate Havana from Florida.

May 16, 2023
How AI Imagery is Shaking Photojournalism — Blind Magazine

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.

April 26, 2023
A Small Voice Podcast – 142 – Michael Christopher Brown

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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 from road and train trips across the country.

January 27, 2021
Musings: Michael Christopher Brown in Congo

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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 its strained yet hopeful relationship with the United Nations peacekeeping mission.

January 10, 2020
Magnum Photos Blog

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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 a Magnum Nominee

January 10, 2020
‘War Stories Shouldn’t Be Easy, True War Stories Never Are’ | TIME

‘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

January 10, 2020
Michael Christopher Brown, Artist’s Book Infinity Award – The Eye of Photography

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 project

April 25, 2017
A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict | VICE | United States

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 revolution. Then again, in many ways, it’s not. It’s about being a photographer and bearing witness to life-changing events. It’s about family and the lengths people go to in order to test themselves.

April 26, 2016
Blood and Determination: A Young Photographer’s Intro to a Revolution Photos | Image #1 – ABC News

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

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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 became a bloody civil war, through the eyes of a young photographer looking to make a difference

September 14, 2015
Surviving one of photojournalism’s darkest moments – CNN.com

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 heart. He intended to document an uprising, but as it escalated, he wanted — no, needed — to experience armed conflict

August 27, 2015
In Conversation with Michael Christopher Brown — Vantage — Medium

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, assignments began to arrive requesting, specifically, that he use his phone for the story.

May 28, 2015
New Magnum nominee’s website: Michael Christopher Brown

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 cities

July 1, 2013
Michael Christopher Brown joins Magnum Photos

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

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 cities

July 1, 2013
iPhone Photojournalism

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

January 8, 2013
HBO’s Witness: Libya, with Michael Christopher Brown

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.

November 12, 2012
In the Eye of the Storm: Capturing Sandy’s Wrath

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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.

October 30, 2012
emphas.is: Michael Christopher Brown – The Libyan Republic

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

June 6, 2011
michael christopher brown – the libyan republic

michael c. brown – the libyan republic

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Since arriving in Libya, I have tried to understand the situation. People swap facts, predictions and rumors, but the complexity of the conflict makes it impossible to fully comprehend. Once a picture is taken or a word is written it is already old news. There seems to be no way to catch up, as the database of history is filed before it is processed. And as a result I have become more confused. But I can attest to one reality, shown in these photographs. They form a loose record of my experience during the war in Libya.

June 3, 2011
The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown

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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 then it became a war so I followed it, because that’s where the story was moving.”

May 20, 2011
michael christopher brown – libya | burn magazine

michael c. brown – libya

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Since arriving ten days ago, I have tried to understand the situation here in Libya. People swap facts, predictions and rumors, the news feeds me information, but the complexity of the conflict makes it impossible to fully comprehend. Once a picture is taken or a word is written it is already old news. There seems to be no way to catch up, as the database of history is filed before it is processed. And as a result I have become more confused. But I can attest to one reality, shown in these photographs. They form a loose record of my experience during the war in Libya.

March 14, 2011