John Brown is a freelance photojournalist and writer based in Cambodia. A former electronic/print marketing executive in the travel industry, John decided to persue a career as a photojournalist after witnessing the adverse living conditions of some of the residents of Southeast Asia. His work as been web and print published by various entities including Big Wiezy Productions, The World Bank, Visionary World Books, The Lincoln Library, Environment Magazine, Public Services International, Water and Environment Magazine, and the Arup Corporation, as well as several NGO's. His work has been exhibited at a variety of venues including The Toronto Press Club, the 2007 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Melkweg Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands in conjunction with the 2008 Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency. He continues to document issues he feels are important including health, the environment, human rights and poverty.
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DIGITAL PHOTO MANIPULATION: Are You Confused?
By John Brown
Posted in blog on 27 September 2009
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Children without hearing (deaf) work on their art projects at The National Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane, Laos.

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Remember when you were a kid and your teacher came to your desk to ask you what colors you wanted to use for your finger painting? [...]

PHOTOJOURNALISM: Limited Access At Cambodian Genocide Trial
By John Brown
Posted in blog on 26 September 2009
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Barbed wire surrounds the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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THE SITUATION

What if you were a photojournalist assigned to document an international news event but it’s organizers denied you and your colleagues full access to the episode’s main stage? [...]

Laos: The Rocky Road To Education
By John Brown
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 25 August 2009
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The only country that can be reached easily from Laos, a country of 6 million inhabitants, is Thailand. Between Laos and Vietnam lies the Annamite Cordillera mountain range, crossable at only six passes. High mountains equally hinder travel to Burma and China.
 

It has been less than 10 years since Laos opened its doors to [...]

Laos: National Rehabilitation Center
By John Brown
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 20 March 2009
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“Why can’t America buy me a new leg?” asked a 55-year-old former RLA (Royal Lao Army) soldier from Xieng Khoaung (Xiang Khuang, Phonsavan) Laos, as he grasped a set of parallel bars during an impromptu workout at the National Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane, Laos. “Oh I don’t know” replied [...]

Cambodia: Poverty On Smokey Mountain
By John Brown
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific on 10 January 2009
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Informal waste collection systems have many environmental and economic advantages. They reduce the need for landfill and save natural resources while providing an important lifeline for some of the world’s poorest people. In Buenos Aires, informal waste collectors known as “scavengers” recover 9 – 17% of municipal waste, representing an estimated savings for the municipality [...]