“What sets him apart is not only his extraordinary vision, but his intellectual fearlessness. His lecture sparked one of the most thoughtful and resonant conversations of the symposium.”

ALESSIA GLAVIANO, PHOTOVOGUE
"What strikes audiences when encountering Michael’s work is, of course, his highly trained eye, his ability to frame a scene, capture silences, and assert presence. Yet listening to him speak reveals something equally compelling: the balance between his technical mastery, the clarity of his ideas, and a profound sensitivity that underpins his entire practice."

ANNE-SOPHIE GABILLAS, MAISON FRANÇAISE D'OXFORD
"The calm and commanding way he presented his poetic work, with deep layers, kept me and the audience in a beautiful flow."

LARS BOERING, EUROPEAN JOURNALISM CENTRE FOUNDATION
"Michael did an excellent job presenting to our community on the future of AI in documentary and cross photography, a topic that’s complex, nuanced, and evokes strong opinions. He engaged with both clarity and care."

JOSH GOLDBLUM, FUTURESPACES
"Michael’s articulate talk on the housing insecurity crisis was extremely well received."

KATHERINE GASS STOWE, BRATTLEBORO MUSEUM

Speaking:

Michael speaks for a variety of clientele, from brands and creative agencies to government agencies and non-profits, festivals and museums. The main character of Michael Mann’s HBO documentary Witness: Libya and the subject of a four-part Land Rover’s Ultimate Vistas campaign exploring his home state of Washington, he has appeared as a guest on news channels and podcasts including Searcher, a podcast he founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering his personal insights and hard-earned lessons while navigating the frontlines of human experience.

Clients Include:

Amazon Music, Annenberg Center for Photography, ARTE, BBC, Blink, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, CBS, Chopard, Click, Dikan Center, Fondazione Oelle, FutureSpaces, Harry Ransom Center, HBO, International Center of Photography, Land Rover, Magnum Photos, Maison Française d’Oxford, Martin Parr Foundation, Mirage Festival, MIT Center for International Studies, Monocle, National Geographic, Ohio University, Photo Oxford, PhotoVogue Festival, Photoville, Pictures of the Year, Rencontres d'Arles, Reuters Institute, Save the Children, SYPartners, Tecno Mobile, Time, The Photo Society, University of Missouri, U.S. Department of State, Wellesley College, Western Washington University, Xposure International Photography Festival.

Land Rover

The final leg of Ultimate Vistas USA sees Michael Christopher Brown enjoy a photographic homecoming in the Range Rover, as he explores the beautiful Skagit Valley and San Juan Islands that gave him inspiration as a burgeoning photographer.

HBO

Witness: Libya is a documentary about photographer Michael Christopher Brown and his work in Libya, directed by award-winning filmmaker Michael Mann.

ABC

National Geographic photographer Michael Christopher Brown captured striking images on his journey to document the homeless on Skid Row amid the coronavirus emergency

TECNO

While on assignment for TECNO Mobile in Nigeria, Michael gave a presentation for young photographers. See the profile in National Geographic.

Xposure

Sunday Times Picture Editor Ray Wells interviews three iconic war photographers from different backgrounds and countries. This elite panel of photographers have been near mortally wounded, hunted, captured, and even tortured. So what inspiration keeps them returning to cover the stories in such hostile places in unfavourable conditions?

Maison Française d'Oxford

In this recorded panel discussion, photographers and artists reflect on photography and truth in the era of AI. The session was chaired by Sam McGuire, former Tate Curator of Research and Interpretation, now a doctoral researcher at Cardiff University and a Photo Oxford trustee.

Reuters Institute

National Geographic photographer Michael Christopher Brown discusses his collaboration with Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, for their book The Difference Between Bullets and Stones. The forthcoming book unites Abu Toha’s poems from Gaza with Brown’s photographs from the West Bank and Jerusalem.

The Photo Society

Presentation to The Photo Society, a collective of over 200 National Geographic photographers.

Adorama

A look at the evolving aesthetic of photography seen through this generation's creator class. We are featuring Michael Christopher Brown, an American photojournalist and artist whose post-photography AI project, 90 Miles, explores historical events and the realities of Cuban life that have motivated Cubans to cross the 90 miles of ocean separating Havana from Florida.

International Center of Photography (ICP) - Short

Profile on Michael Christopher Brown and his book Libyan Sugar, winner of the ICP Infinity Award for Artist’s Book.

ICP - Extended

Profile on Michael Christopher Brown and his book Libyan Sugar, winner of the ICP Infinity Award for Artist’s Book.

Brattleboro Museum

Curator Katherine Gass Stowe interviews photographer Michael Christopher Brown. Brown’s most recent work documents the lives of people living on L.A.’s Skid Row. National Geographic recently published some images from the series, along with an article that Brown wrote about the project.

Digital Photography Review

After being seriously injured covering the civil war in Libya, Photographer Michael Christopher Brown's work has taken him all over the world. His commission for Sony brought him all the way back home to Washington State, USA.

ICP

Documenting Revolution: Magnum’s Michael Christopher Brown and Susan Meiselas.

ICP

The Representation of War - From Capa to Instagram. A panel moderated by Fred Ritchin, ICP Dean of School.

FutureSpaces

A.I may reflect a novel way to translate narratives into useful imagery connecting people with important stories of our time, it may also blur what is real, what is true, what is reportage, what can be trusted and believed, and what can not.