Michael Christopher Brown

Michael Christopher Brown is an American photographer, author, filmmaker, and speaker whose work examines conflict, identity, and the psychological cost of bearing witness. A photographer with National Geographic since 2004 and a former Associate photographer at Magnum Photos, his work has been published and exhibited internationally. His book Libyan Sugar received the Paris Photo—Aperture First Book Award and the ICP Infinity Award for Artist’s Book. He is co-directing a Cuba-based film with Alyse Ardell Spiegel, drawing on archival material made during the creation of his book Yo Say Fidel, documenting the funeral cortège of Fidel Castro. He is based in Los Angeles.