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Archived FotoFreo 2006 webpage. See also the FotoFreo 2008 website. 2006 Festival Photographer: Patrick BrownPatrick Brown Born 1969, Sheffield, England (Arrived Australia 1982)
His time in Asia, especially along the Thai-Burma border, has sparked an enduring fascination with the jungles of Asia and the events and issues surrounding them. In the region, he has covered stories which have included the drug trade in Thailand and Burma, and the rebel Shan State Army. He most recently has been working on a book about the pan-Asian trafficking of endangered species called "Black Market" which has taken him from the jungles of Assam to the brothels of Ho Chi Minh City. In recent years he has worked for international companies and publications including: Time, Asiaweek, Year Zero, The Guardian, The Australian, The West Australian, The West Magazine, BBC, Sundays Times Magazine, Japan Times, Marie Claire (AUS, USA), The South China Morning Post, The Post Magazine, The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), UNICEF International, Foto8, Nation Newspaper, Horizonte, The Guardian, Stern magazine, Der Spiegel Magazine, Revelation Magazine, The Irrawaddy, Observer and Liberation, Mother Jones. Patrick’s festival exhibition is entitled ‘Black Market’ and will
be shown in the Fremantle Prison from the 25th of March through to the 25th
of April, 2006. Black Market will also be the subject of a projection show during
FotoFreo 2006. Images are Extracts from ‘Black Market-Inside the Endangered Species
Trade in Asia’ by Ben Davies, photos by Patrick Brown. Produced by Adam Oswell,
Published by Earth Aware Editions, a division of Palace Press International. Patrick can be contacted on: Represented by: 2005 Picture of the Year Intentional (USA) 1998 -Five: A selection of photographs from five years of
covering events in Hong Kong, Malawi, France, England and Australia. 2001 Border Life: Screening at the Foreign Correspondents Club
of Thailand. 2005 Black Market, World Press Photo, Felix Meritis, Amsterdam. City of Perth Photographic Collection Patrick’s festival exhibition is entitled ‘Black Market’ and will be shown in the Fremantle Prison from the 25th of March through to the 25th of April, 2006 and open daily from 10am-5pm. Black Market will also be the subject of a projection show during FotoFreo 2006 060119 Archived FotoFreo 2006 webpage. See also the FotoFreo 2008 website.
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After leaving Australia for Thailand in 1999, Patrick
has been working as a photographer drawn to socially based issues. 