Brown, Everett (1959 - Present)
Born in Washington D.C. in 1959, Everett Brown is a photographer who has worked in Japan for the past 27 years. He is a recipient of the Japanese Government’s Cultural Commissioner’s Award for his promotion of Japanese culture through Everett Brown's work as a modern photographic artist and author on cultural theory in Japanese. He is a master of the classic photographic technique known as wet plate collodion. Brown has enjoyed solo exhibitions of his photography in galleries and museums since 1988. His work have been featured on TED talks, CNN Style, NHK Television and various publications such as National Geographic, French GEO and Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine. Everett Kennedy Brown lives in the summer villa of the early 20th century painter Kansetsu Hashimoto outside Kyoto, where he also writes books in Japanese on cultural affairs. “For me,” Brown states, “life in Japan is a long and ever-deepening love affair with place and culture.”
Contemporary Japanese Photography
Since the 1970s Japanese photography has claimed the spotlight in collections around the world. From the raw, subjective imagery of early post-war photographers to today’s contemporary talents, these artists capture the world around them with a discerning eye. As they seek new methodologies and explore radically fresh aesthetics they continue to push the boundaries of their medium.
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Brown, Everett
Omokage: A Dance Portrait of Tanaka Min
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