Patrick Brown (photographer)

Patrick Brown (born Jan 23, 1969) is an Australian photojournalist and war photographer, based in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] He is the recipient of a 2018 World Press Photo award in the category "General news, singles"[2][3] and the Australian Kodak Photographer of the Year award.[4][5]

Patrick Brown
Born (1969-01-23) January 23, 1969
Sheffield, England, UK
OccupationPhotojournalist
Notable credit(s)
See Awards, honors and films
Spouse(s)
Camilla Wøldike
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(m. 2012)​
Websitepatrickbrownphoto.com
www.instagram.com/patrickbrownphoto

He is the author of Trading to Extinction,[6] a book that took ten years to complete and documents illegal animal trading throughout Asia.[7]

Life and work

Brown was born in Sheffield, England, but spent his childhood in the Middle East and Africa before his family finally settled in Perth, Western Australia.

He is the author of the award-winning, 2014 book, Trading to Extinction, which documents the illegal animal trade in Asia. The book was shortlisted by AmericanPhoto for as one of the 10 best documentary books of 2014.[8] The book is also the subject of a video documentary by Vice Media.[9]

World Press Award

Brown was awarded a World Press Photo award in the category "General news, singles" in 2018 for his work documenting the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[3] The photograph showed the bodies of Rohingya refugees laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized.[10] The work was commissioned by Panos Pictures, for UNICEF.

References
  1. "Patrick Brown". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. "World Press Photo Contest 2018 – the winning pictures". The Guardian. 13 April 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. "Patrick Brown".
  4. "Biographies". Life Force Magazine. Life Force Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. "Patrick Brown". The Straits Times. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. "Patrick Brown's "Trading to Extinction" Project". 11 February 2014.
  7. Coomes, Phil (11 February 2014). "Trading to extinction" – via www.bbc.com.
  8. https://www.americanphotomag.com/portfolio-patrick-browns-trading-extinction#page-9
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQC3jp1udUg
  10. "Rohingya Crisis". World Press Photo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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