"He seems to have the photographic equivalent of perfect pitch."

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
"One of the greatest living photojournalists."

CHIARA BARDELLI NONINO
"Brown embodies the courage of Robert Capa and the rigorous compositional mastery of Cartier-Bresson."

EXIBART
"One of the most innovative documentary photographers working today."

AVAUNT
"He has long distinguished himself for his professionalism, the brilliance of his photographic vision, his highly graphic and effective compositional style, and an innate predisposition and openness to alternative styles and technologies in photojournalism."

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
"It's the way he works that brought about a significant change in the global photojournalism industry."

ARTRIBUNE
"Brown's images are enchanting, profound, and true reportage; they captivate the viewer, making them truly immerse themselves in the environment they depict."

SICILIAN POST
"Michael Christopher Brown’s excellent photobook Libyan Sugar is perhaps the best attempt I’ve seen at depicting the human capital upon which war feeds."

HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
"This is a raw book. It bleeds all over you, it takes you on a journey that begins in the heart and goes to hell and back. It's the story of a young man finding his way, losing it and finding it again. It's the voices of worried parents, a concerned girlfriend, colleagues who encourage, colleagues who die. It's loss and grief and it's the pictures, the pictures. And then as Leonard Cohen said, "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." This book, though full of shadow, shines, oh so bright."

TIME MAGAZINE
"Libyan Sugar is not an easy book to sit with. The first time I tried to read it I gave up, crying, after 20 minutes. On the second attempt, it took me more than an hour to move through the 410 images of the Libyan revolution and the countless emails, diary entries and text messages between the author and his family and friends. I cried the second time too. War stories shouldn’t be easy, true war stories never are."

TIME MAGAZINE
"The world of Libyan Sugar is vividly real and tense, a masterful vision of war that is also close and personal."

LENSCULTURE
"Libyan Sugar is a chronicle of his experience heading to war for the first time. It is an extraordinary amalgamation of photo book and soul-searching."

WASHINGTON POST
"Writing in the introduction to Brown’s new book, 'Yo Soy Fidel,' Martin Parr recounts how it happened: 'So, with his hand-made press signs taped to the side of the windows and flashing hazard lights . . . Michael leaned out of the rear driver’s side window and over the hood, photographing while his car sped cross-country.' The result is an extraordinary document of a momentous time in history, with a photographic approach unlike anyone else covering the event."

WASHINGTON POST
"Michael Christopher Brown used AI in his series 90 Miles, to depict Cubans travelling to Florida for work. Conscious he needed to protect their identities, it was a way to show them without showing them, in combination with documentary materials. 'In this case, AI is used to tell a story that otherwise couldn’t be told safely,' Barron explains. 'It’s actually a powerful example of how AI can be used in a positive, thoughtful way.'

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
"Brown uses AI the way draftsmen created illustrations for newspapers before photography....These aren’t real images – but they are truthful."

GUARDIAN