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Brian Brown (Dirt Road
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Buy my book, Vanishing Irwin County, at this link:
www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2390661
Check out this photo essay and nice write up at Daily Yonder...it should give you an idea of the current direction of my photography: www.dailyyonder.com/tar-paper-shacks-and-other-wonders/20...
OR georgiacoast.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/us-17-coastal-highw...
OR this one at Brown's Guide to Georgia: www.brownsguides.com/v/brian-browns-vanishing-georgia/
My biggest cause at the moment: www.wiregrassenergynetwork.com/
I'm fighting, with many others, the proposed construction of a coal-fired power plant near the Ocmulgee River in my home county of Ben Hill.
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." Diderot
"I am one man, one mind, one pair of eyes trying to distinguish what is significant to an entire community...I rearrange the sacred furniture, because my brain, not my camera, is my instrument, beauty is not enough." Paul Kwilecki
As a historian (B.A., Georgia College, '91), I have an abnormal love for nostalgia and the abandoned and neglected. I've been a fan of Eudora Welty and William Christenberry as long as I can remember, as well as the FSA/OWI Photographers [Lange, Evans, Mydans, Vachon, Delano, Parks, Wolcott, et al]. Much of my time is consumed with my website, Vanishing South Georgia, which has been a wonderful opportunity and at the same time provided excellent exposure. I am encouraged that so many people have an interest in the vernacular architecture of my native region.
Recent and forthcoming commercial and editorial credits include South Georgia College, Red Booth Review, Golden Isles Magazine, CBS Television, Brown's Guide to Georgia, W. W. Norton, Imaginative Journeys History Workshops, Bryan County GA Government, Georgia Backroads Magazine, Red Line Blues, The Honorable Jeffery P. Hopkins, South Georgia College, Flycatcher: A Journal of Native Imagination, Golden Isles Arts & Humanities Association, The Ottawa Citizen, Reluctant Saints, The Bainbridge Post-Searchlight, The University System of Georgia-GALILEO, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Dancing Moon Press, Fellowship Memphis, Golden Isles Magazine, Clementine, Subliminal Interiors, Tulane Review, Daily Yonder, and Like the Dew, among others.
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flickr.com/groups/vanishingsouth
www.flickr.com/groups/documentarysouth/
flickr.com/groups/historicsouthernbarns
flickr.com/groups/oldsoutharchitecture
www.flickr.com/groups/southernsigns
www.flickr.com/groups/courthousesquare
To learn more, please visit www.brianbrown.wordpress.com
Photos of Brian Brown (Dirt Road Cowboy) (4)
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Contacts (818)
Groups (50)
- Southern Vernacular Architecture 44 photos, 7 members
- Roadside Religion 680 photos, 103 members
- Southern USA Photobugs 156 photos, 35 members
- Brunswick and the Golden Isles of Georgia 960 photos, 101 members
- artland 335,693 photos, 25,396 members
- North Dakota Thunderstorms 402 photos, 80 members
- Rural Schools of North Dakota 145 photos, 23 members
- Road Trip America 69,223 photos, 3,675 members
- Lowcountry of South Carolina 5,373 photos, 291 members
- Savannah and the Creative Coast 6,894 photos, 464 members
- NPR Picture Show 84,970 photos, 5,032 members
- Small Town Lovers 3,352 photos, 125 members
- Abandoned 522,087 photos, 35,770 members
- Wild Georgia 500 photos, 32 members
- Waterfalls Of North Georgia 1,289 photos, 235 members
- Society for Commercial Archeology 11,897 photos, 379 members
- Grunge Art Work 10,589 photos, 1,510 members
- Daily Yonder 115 photos, 14 members
- Tin Roof 4,526 photos, 390 members
- Southern Rivers & Waterways 63 photos, 10 members
- Male Portraiture 5,902 photos, 445 members
- iPhone & Signs 1,700 photos, 133 members
- Southern Views 10,554 photos, 197 members
- Deep Fried South 17,974 photos, 635 members
- Georgia National Register of Historic Places 1,348 photos, 70 members
- Religious Americana 1,363 photos, 159 members
- 1-2-3 Nikon 40,197 photos, 1,112 members
- The American South 2,618 photos, 102 members
- Great American Architecture 3,756 photos, 232 members
- The Antebellum South 1,877 photos, 157 members
- Textures for Layers 15,188 photos, 15,891 members
- Southern landscapes 3,219 photos, 139 members
- Architecture Directory 232,391 photos, 14,102 members
- On the Road in America 15,512 photos, 245 members
- Lost, Forgotten Homes 4,385 photos, 254 members
- Antweaks Roadshow 304 photos, 25 members
- Abandoned America 7,087 photos, 697 members
- Americana 43,177 photos, 2,271 members
- Southern Culture 12,143 photos, 592 members
- ONE house in the landscape 2,088 photos, 276 members
- Lonely Houses 6,040 photos, 532 members
- Available Light / Existing Light 358,516 photos, 12,453 members
- Democratic Forest 33,773 photos, 865 members
- William Eggleston 37,494 photos, 1,918 members
- National Register of Historic Places 31,735 photos, 691 members
- The Abandoned and The Forgotten 22,988 photos, 636 members
- "Blue Highways" 1,363 photos, 77 members
- Walker Evans influenced... 3,453 photos, 241 members
- Silent Decay USA: South-East 2,716 photos, 173 members
- Weird Georgia 1,506 photos, 226 members
Galleries (3)
- Steve Robinson's Southwest Georgia 7 photos
- History Rambler's North Carolina Volume II 12 photos
- History Rambler's North Carolina Architecture 18 photos
Testimonials (3)
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SWLong says:
"Brian has a real talent for photography. His work displays a mastery of the art--the composition, lighting, subject matter, everything that makes a photo exceptional. And his work challenges me to think about how I can raise my own efforts to the next level.
His photos capture those wonderful places, homes, stores, farms and towns in Georgia that give our state its wonderful unique flavor and sense of place.
Most importantly, his photos are never ones that you merely glance at before moving on to the next one. But rather his photos invite us to pause and think about what stories they could tell--the people that live here (or once lived here), their work, livelihoods, pleasures--the rich history full of hard times and good times.
Keep up the great work Brian."9th October, 2010
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MilkaWay says:
"Thank God for folks like Brian who spend so much time and energy combing the state of Georgia documenting what is left of its past before it disappears all together. Brian is doing a great job here. As someone who has been doing this for a decade or longer I know all too well the effort it takes - hundreds of miles down roads only known to locals, countless of U-turns to go back and "collect" yet another sign or abandoned store, always looking, always scouting. Of course, that is what makes it so much fun Still, one needs a lot of passion and determination to pull it off on a Dirt Road Cowboy scale, and I sure appreciate it!"
8th March, 2010
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SGA999 says:
"I just want to thank you for posting pics of the Georgia backroads, I know when I see your pics, I see the Georgia, I miss. Keep on taking those wonderful pics. Phil Ray"
17th May, 2009
- Name:
- Brian Brown
- Joined:
- July 2008
- Hometown:
- Fitzgerald GA
- Currently:
- Savannah GA
- I am:
- Male
- Website:
- Vanishing South Georgia
- Email:
- wbrianbrown [at] gmail.com