Ronald Brown
Ronald (Ron) Brown was born in Edson but grew up mainly in Edmonton, where he studied commercial photography at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology from 1975 to 1977. Brown believes in simple and straight photography. His nature studies and landscapes are influenced by Edward Weston and especially Ansel Adams, with whom he studied twice, attending an Ansel Adams Workshop in Yosemite, California in 1980 and again in Carmel, California in 1982. In 1984, Brown studied with cowboy photographer Jay Dusard in Drumheller, Alberta and in 2008 participated in a John Sexton Photography Workshop in Carmel Valley, California.
His first few years as a professional photographer were spent working on Vancouver Island, but he eventually came to be based out of Jasper, Alberta, where he worked as a brakeman for Canadian National Railways while continuing to practice his photography. Brown has participated in exhibitions throughout western Canada, including several in the Canadian Rockies, with his first solo show taking place in 1982 at the Centre Eye Gallery in Calgary. He lived in Jasper off and on for several years and now lives on Vancouver Island, where he works from Lightworkx Photography in Courtney, British Columbia.
Compiled 2014
His first few years as a professional photographer were spent working on Vancouver Island, but he eventually came to be based out of Jasper, Alberta, where he worked as a brakeman for Canadian National Railways while continuing to practice his photography. Brown has participated in exhibitions throughout western Canada, including several in the Canadian Rockies, with his first solo show taking place in 1982 at the Centre Eye Gallery in Calgary. He lived in Jasper off and on for several years and now lives on Vancouver Island, where he works from Lightworkx Photography in Courtney, British Columbia.
Compiled 2014