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Everett Kennedy Brown (14, July 1959) is American photo artist, writer, journalist, former president of Epa Japan office. He was born in Washington, D.C. in United States of America. Graduated from Antioch College with major in Foreign Civilizations and Literatures 1982. Traveled to Asia and lived in various countries. 1988-Settled in Japan. Everett now lives in and take care of a Buddhist temple in Kyoto called Geshinji. The temple has a more than 1,000 year tradition and is now owned by the estate of Hashimoto Kansetsu, one of the great early 20th century painters. He uses the temple as his center for promoting Japanese culture with his partner, Junko Sophie Okimoto. A photographer working in Japan for the past 28 years, his work has appeared in most major global media, including National Geographic, Geo, Time, Newsweek, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, New York Times. He has been fortunate to travel extensively throughout the Japanese archipelago, with many opportunities to meet uniquely remarkable people and hear their stories. Somehow, doors have opened allowing me to view things rarely accessible to the public eye. In recent years, he has often been asked to share his stories and perspectives on Japan. He is invited to give lectures, appears on television, writes essays and books in Japanese and even offer advice on national government policy. On one government panel he summarized his experience of Japan by saying, “Japan. Endless discovery” and to his amazement these words were adopted by the Japanese Government as a national slogan. His readings deeply influence the vision that permeates his photography. It’s been his experience that ancient currents of Japanese culture are still accessible if we open our minds by acquiring the knowledge and developing the skills needed to attune ourselves to these energies. This belief is deeply shared and nurtured by such cultural leaders and friends as Matsuoka Seigo, Kawase Toshiro, Tezuka Yuji and Raku Kichizaemon. For him, life in Japan is a long and ever-deepening love affair with place and culture. Through his imagery, honoring the use of Japanese classical techniques and traditional materials, he wish to share his vision of the deep currents of Japanese culture that he encounters in his journeys. He is available to lead private cultural and photographic tours of Japan, which can be arranged through Inside Japan Tours.

Awards and Appointments

 * "Kaisho" Project Director (2016 -) "Kaisho" is like a cultural salon that existed around the time of the Middle Ages, gathering to reproduce traditional Japanese culture. It is said that aristocrats, samurai houses, and townspeople of the time participated without revealing their identity as original figures. "People gather, review the wisdom of traditional living, the main purpose is to notice the water veins of the community flowing."
 * Kyoto Prefecture Tourism Promotion Advisor (2016 -),
 * Hiroshima Prefecture Tourism Promotion Adviser (2015 -),
 * Tourism Agency, Tohoku District Tourism Promotion Adviser (2015 -),
 * Advisor to the Center for Japanese Arts and Culture, Creative Advisor (2014 -)
 * MEXT Culture Vision Summit member, International Center for Japanese Culture, Creative Advisor, (2014-)
 * Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Award for the Promotion of Japanese Culture from the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan (2013)
 * Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Committee Advisor on Intermediary Plan towards creating a Nation based on Culture and the Arts (2013-present)
 * IBM Business and Cultural Leaders Council member (2012-)
 * Japan Inter-Design Forum member (2012-present)
 * Keynote Lecturer at Meiji University’s Cool Japan Program (2010-)
 * METI Cool Japan Advisory Council member (2010-2012)
 * Advisor to Forum 21 think tank on cultural development (2009)
 * Advisor to Japanesque Modern project on national image branding (2007)
 * M.I.L.K. Photo Competition award (2001)
 * GEO magazine, Picture of the Year (2001)


 * Japanese Cabinet Office, Media Relations advisor

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 * "Japanese Samurai Fashion" (New York · hpgrp gallery, 2017) This festival "Soma Nomaoi" which was handed down for about 800 years in Soma region in Fukushima Prefecture was photographed with a wet paper photo, he feels like a soul. The color photograph has taken over, photographing the foot of about 100 hakama. In addition, reversing and repeating color photographs, the development of expressing the history and essence of 'Nomaoi' by a writer's original method has also been noticed, and it will be taken up at CNN Style, the Washington Post newspaper, France and Germany.
 * "Kimono Story" (New York · Kosaka Art gallery, 2017) The photograph focusing on precious Kimono is inspired by old Japanese Ukiyoe prints, due to collaboration with his partner and muse, Junko Sophie Okimoto.
 * "Japanese Samurai Fashion / Kimono Story" (Antioch College, Ohio, USA, 2017)
 * "Japanese Samurai Fashion - The spirit of the festival worshiped by the samurai of the Nomaoi" (Aoyama Spiral Hall, 2017)
 * "Shadow of unknown Matsue" (Matsue Terusa, 2017)
 * "Japan / Belgian 150th Anniversary" (Belgium, 2016)
 * "Buildings and flowers at the meeting place - Sankei garden" (Sankei Garden Museum, 2016 "The Shadow of Japan" (Sanshien Museum, 2015)
 * "Takumi of Japan" (Finnish National Craft Art Museum, 2015)
 * "Nihon no Takumi", Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum, (Kobe, 2015)
 * Nihon no Omokage, Sankei-en Museum, Yokohama, 2015
 * Jidai wo Koeru Jyokei, MeiPAM Gallery museum, Shodoshima, 2014
 * Ichibu no Ichiten, Yamashita Gallery, Tokyo, 2014
 * Echoes of Tradition, Gallery A4, Tokyo, 2014 Boso, Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Tokyo, 2014
 * Giappone nel Chiostro, Museo Diocesano di Brescia, Italy, 2013
 * Boso ni Kurashi, Nihon wo Toru, at DENEN Museum, Isumi, Japan, 2012
 * After the Tsunami, World Economic Forum, Winter Davos, 2012
 * After the Tsunami Collodions, World Economic Forum, Summer Davos, 2011
 * Cool, Gallery Concept 21, Tokyo, 2008 Ganguro Girls, Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Tokyo, 2002
 * The Botanical Garden, Photo Gallery Ississ, Kyoto, 1998 Vivarium, Verso Gallery, Tokyo, 1998
 * Light in the Garden (part 2), Alpha Gallery, Tokyo, 1997
 * Light in the Garden (part 1), Alpha Gallery, Tokyo, 1997
 * Two Botanical Gardens: Jardin Rio de Janeiro and Koishikawa, Polaroid Gallery, 1996
 * The Inner Garden, Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, 1996 Children of Asia, Shonan International Village, 1995
 * India, Imagine Gallery, Tokyo, 1994
 * The Voice of the Forest, Grey Gallery, Tokyo, 1993
 * The Orient, Palais de France, Tokyo, 1988

Selected Books and Publications

 * Magazine feature: Waraku (in Japanese) 2014
 * Magazine feature: Kateigaho International Edition, Magazine interview: Art Collectors’ (in Japanese) 2014
 * Book: Echoes of Tradition, Gallery A4 2014
 * Book Translation: Isshin Denshin (Conscious Body, Contagious Mind), Shinjusha 2013
 * Book essay: Kenja no Hon (Book of Sages), “Nihon no Mirai no Bunkaryoku,” Sangokan Publishers 2013
 * Book photographs for Shintaikankakude Basho wo Yominaosu, (authored by Yasuda Noboru), Shinjyusha Publishers 2012
 * Book essay: Matsumaruhonpo, “Boku ga Koishita Honya no Keireki,” Gentosha Publishers 2012
 * Book translation: Roots of Japan(s): Unearthing the Cultural Matrix of Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 2011
 * Book: Nihonryoku (in Japanese), Parco Publishers 2010
 * Book essay: Japanesque Modern, “Ability to read feelings is a special gift,” Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 2008
 * Book: Iketeirudakedeinjyanai, (in Japanese), Kindai Eigasha Publishers 2005
 * Book: Ganguro Girls, Konemann Publishers 2001
 * Essay: Japan Quarterly, Asahi Shimbun, “In Search of the Japanese Spirit of Sport,” 2001
 * Book: Oretachi no Nippon (in Japanese), Shogakukan Publishers 1999
 * Exhibition Catalogue Translation: “Japan Through the Eyes of W. Eugene Smith,” Tokyo Museum of Photography

Major contributions / translations

 * "Japan Through the Eyes of W. Eugene Smith (Japan through eyes of Eugene Smith)" Translation of the catalog. (Tokyo Photographic Museum, 1996)
 * "In Search of the Japanese Spirit of Sport" to the four seasons column of Japan. (Asahi Shimbun, 2001)
 * Japanese Modern, "Ability to read feelings is a special gift" is contributed. (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Agency Paper, 2008)
 * "Roots of Japan (s): Unearthing the Cultural Matrix of Japan" translated. (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Agency Paper, 2011)
 * Matsumaru Honpo "Contribution to the bookshop where I fell in love" is contributed. (Genso Publishing Co., 2012) A photograph is offered to Yasuda's book "Reading" the thesis "by body sense". (Chun-shu company, 2012)
 * "Title of wise man" to the title of Japan's future cultural power. (Shikoku Publishing, 2013)
 * "Transmission of thoughts - how to prepare Kotoba and body" (Tanaka Akira, Matsuoka Masatake) translated. (Spring Autumn Company, 2013)
 * "Wakaku" (Shogakkan, 2014)
 * "Household Pictorial Information International" (World Culture, Inc., 2014) From 2016,
 * Interview and contribute as "Ambassador of Household Picture Informal International ".
 * "Monthly Art" series (Practical Nikkan Japan Co., Ltd., 2014 - 2017)
 * "Kyoto Journal" Wet plate photo feature. (2017)

Links

 * Modern Classic| Everett Kennedy Brown


 * Kimono, L'Art de Vivre | こしきゆかしき日本の優美への旅


 * TED x Kyoto 温故知新 "Focusing New Light on Memory"


 * CNN Style "Photographer preserves samurai history using 19th-century technique"