About the Artist
I started photographing when I was 13. At the time, I was already involved with oil painting, etching, silk-screening, ceramics, and drawing, which were instrumental to the development of my sensitivity for texture, color, shape and design. I entered Providence College as an art major, graduating in 1986 with a BA in photography. The next several years I traveled extensively through Europe, inspired by all it offered and the desire to photograph everything that moved me. In 1991 I attended the New England School of Photography where I grounded myself in technique and received a degree in editorial photography and color projects.
My photography is instinctive. In any given moment I intuitively choose a specific technique, be it focus, perspective, or choice of film that allows me to best capture the image before me. I feel the essence of the scene and in that instant I let go to a creative impulse guiding my choices of film, lens, stance and light illuminating the scene in such a way that the soul of the picture emerges.
The Vineyard has been essential to my creativity throughout my career and my life. Despite my many photographic adventures around the world I continue to make the Vineyard my home. It is a place where I find both solace and inspiration.
L.A.Brown Photographer • Martha's Vineyard • New York
508-627-1977 • Fax: 508-627-1496