My neighborhood in South Philadelphia was desolate and crumbling. I would take walks through the streets in early morning when the streets were not crowded. Winter mornings were especially captivating with the quiet, and the cold clear air. I loved the play of light.
It was interesting the sense of who had lived and worked there. And who was there with me then.
Born Media PA 1937. BS in Biology from Gettysburg College, 1960. US Army and Reserves 1961-67
1962-66 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The Print Prize, The Perspective Prize and the Skowhegan Award.
1964 - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Alex Katz and Fairfield Porter, Zubell Katchatorian and John Button taught. Willard Cummings purchased painting from Will.
1965 - 1967 University of Pennsylvania. Studied with Rudy Burckhardt. Made small film shown at Film Forum April 1966.]
1967 BFA, University of Pennsylvania
1966-70 Taught film and photography at Swarthmore College
1967-8 Postgraduate Fellowship in Painting at U. PA.
2009-14 Represented by Charles Isaacs, New York.
2014 – 2019 Represented by Laurence Miller, New York.
2014 Publication by The Print Center of The Picture that Remains, a book including Brown’s photographs with poetry by Thomas Devaney.
2016 MacDowell Fellowship in Photography.
2021 Publication of South of South Street, 1971-1975 Philadelphia, Photographs by Will Brown with an essay by Peter Barberie.
Presentation of photographs and book. The Athenaeum, Philadelphia, PA