In Rachel Louise Brown’s photographs the landscape becomes a cinematic stage in which she investigates a psychological reaction to unfamiliar territory. Experiencing a mixture of fear and curiosity Brown explores and visualizes the unknown alone. Memories embedded through cinema, literature and imagination manifest in the photographs that emerge.
Rachel Louise Brown graduated from the Royal College of Art, London in 2011 with a MA in Photography (Distinction), following a BA (Hons) in Photography at London College of Communication in 2008. She has exhibited widely, with shows in London, Liverpool, Copenhagen, Paris, Niort, New York, Dallas and Toronto, and has completed residencies in Paris, Niort and New York. In 2010 she was a UK winner of Magenta’s Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers award and Pour l’Instant Photography Prize.
In addition, she was also shortlisted for the Visions of 21st Century Feminism and New Contemporaries awards. Other selected awards include Applied Arts Magazine (Photographic Series) in 2009, Fujifilm Distinctions (merit) in 2008, and an honourable mention in both the Fine Art and Deeper Perspective categories at the International Photography Awards, also in 2008. Brown is a visiting faculty member at the New York School of Visual Arts.
Collectors of Rachel Louise Brown’s work include Laura Skoler, trustee of the New Museum, New York.
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