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Spencer Aldworth Brown

Got his first camera at age 6 (this was that day) and has been working in the field his entire adult life. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Stephanie and their dog Finca.

Bio

Spencer Aldworth Brown has completed thousands of assignments for publication. He specializes in the location portrait and is equally comfortable working with professional talent and private individuals.

He got his start working photo labs where he printed and developed film for Jim Marshall, Art Wolfe, Mona Kuhn, and Galen Rowell among others.

He was the staff photographer at the San Francisco Business Times from 2004 - 2015. In 2019 he was recognized as one of the best fashion photographers in the San Francisco for his freelance work for the Nob Hill Gazette.  

For video projects he often joins forces with, and highly recommends portlandvideographer.com.

Mr Brown’s fine art photography has garnered critical acclaim with many curated shows around the Bay Area. In 2015 he floated the entire coastline of San Francisco in a wetsuit with a waterproof film camera for his High Water Line series, and is currently shooting in the same style around Manhattan. In 2016 he completed Sunset, SF; stylized scenes void of people, trees and cars in San Francisco's largest neighborhood. Large format prints from the were hung at SFO.  

In 2018 he completed Fly Over Country, a multi-year project photographing the Midwest from 36,000 feet and then pinpointing the same locations on the ground. Fine art prints of most images can be ordered, email for details.

He teaches a seasonal portrait class at the Harvey Milk Photo Center, the largest and oldest public darkroom in the United States, and is an active member and volunteer at ArtSpan, the Bay Area's premier arts organization.

He balances his time between assignments and very long hikes in the Sierra Nevada. 

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