About
For over two decades Brown W. Cannon III has traveled to more than 50 countries photographing award winning stories for editorial and commercial clients including Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Copalli Rum and AAA. Brown has camped in the Empty Quarter and been diving with Great White Sharks in Guadalupe. He has ridden 120 miles on horseback through the Mongolian Steppe with the Altai Mountain Eagle Hunters and has sailed through the Arctic Glaciers of Svalbard.
Brown began his photographic journey in his parents’ darkroom over 40 years ago. He studied photography at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California and graduated with honors in the Fall of 1999. Brown was named one of the “30 under 30 photographers” to watch by Photo District News and burst onto the scene the day he graduated when he landed his first AD campaign for K-Swiss. This was followed up by his first editorial feature, where he was hired to photograph the action packed South Island of New Zealand for T&L. He never stopped. Brown’s photographs have been shown in galleries and museums in CA, OR, CO, NM, SC and NY. In 2009 Brown Co-Founded Intersection Photos, a boutique travel stock photography company offering an extensive archive of high quality travel images spanning all 7 continents. In 2018 Brown founded no2plastic.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to reducing single-use plastics for the benefit of human and planet health. No2plastic is a worldwide community of people, businesses, students and organizations dedicated to changing consumer habits.
When Brown sets his camera down you will find him in the sea or on the mountain, surfing, skiing, biking or paddleboarding.
shows
2025 - Steamboat Art Museum - Art in Sport: Motion, Emotion, Moments and Light
2024 - Greenroom Hawai’i Gallery - NORTH
2024 - The Scout Hotel, Sisters, OR - Cowboy + Rodeo
2024 - Velocity Honolulu, HI - NORTH
2024 - AbarA Ranch Gallery, WY - The West
2023 - Turtle Bay, HI - NORTH
2023 - AbarA Ranch Gallery, WY - The West
2022 - Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA - Water + Climate Science
2022 - AbarA Ranch Gallery, WY - The West
2021 - AbarA Ranch Gallery, WY - The West
2020 - AbarA Ranch Gallery, WY - The West
2019 - AbarA Ranch Gallery, WY - The West
2018 - Metropolitan, Denver, CO: Current - The Power of Water
2017 - High Desert Museum: Behind Fences - The Cowboy Way of Life
2016 - Jenny Green Gallery, Bend, OR: Golden Collaboration Project
2015 - Ritz Carlton, Denver, CO: Out West
2015 - Parker Arts Culture & Events, Parker, CO: The Horse
2015 - Mitchell-Hill Gallery, Charleston, SC: Cowboy Culture
2015 - Southeby's, Bend, OR: Cowboy Culture
2014 - Whisper Edition, New York: Summer of Salt + Sea
2013 - Cavallo Point Art Gallery, Sausalito, CA: Immersion
2011 - Cavallo Point Art Gallery, Sausalito, CA: Surface - Surfboards + Prints
2010 - Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA: H2O - The Element of Water in Art
2009 - Surfing Heritage Museum, San Clemente, CA: Surface - Surfboards + Prints
2009 - Casa Romantica Cultural Center, San Clemente, CA: Ocean and Surf
2007 - Terra Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Surface - Surfboards + Prints
2003 - Focus Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Travel in Black + White
awards
2023 IPA ‘Official Selection’ and ‘Honorable Mention’ Awards - NORTH Professional: Book Category, Fine Art
2021 Best Maritime Adventure Photographer (USA) LUXlife Awards
2019 AP 35 Editorial Award, First Place, ‘Off to the Races’, Southern Living Magazine
2017 PDN Adrenaline Award, First Place
2015 NATJA Silver Award for Photography: Overall Excellence - Print Publication, “Wild at Heart,” AAA Living
2015 Nancy Priest Award for Excellence
2012 Lowell Thomas Gold, Best photo illustration of travel, Islands Magazine, ‘Mauritius: The Smallest World
2011 PATA Gold, ISLANDS, ‘It’s a Mentawai Paddle', Mentawai
2011 Apex Award, AAA Living, Inside Alaska
2010 Lowell Thomas Bronze, Best photo illustration of travel, ISLANDS, ‘Lost in Time’, Greece
2007 Maggie Award, Best Feature Article
2006 Lowell Thomas Silver, Best photo illustration of travel, Virtuoso Life ‘In Living Color’, India
2005 Lowell Thomas Gold, Best Photo Illustration of Travel, Virtuoso Life, ‘License to Thrill’, Italy + France
2004 ASME, for Excellence in Photography, Gourmet, Japan
2002 Effie, Nissan Xterra Ad Campaign
2002 Ozzie, Best Cover, Lifestyle & Travel
2001 Effie Gold, Case Histories
2000 Best Feature, T&L, Texas BBQ
PUBLISHED WORK
CMYK Magazine • Via Magazine - AAA • Geffin Records • Real Simple Magazine • Fattal & Collins • Business 2.0 Magazine • K-Swiss • Worth Magazine • Los Angeles Times Magazine • Eastword Publications Dev. Inc. • Outside Magazine • Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods • Travel & Leisure Magazine • Sports Illustrated Women • Los Angeles Magazine • Sony Style • TBWA/Chiat/Day • William Sonoma • Nissan Xterra Ad Campaign • IBM E-Culture Ad Campaign • Ogilvy & Mather • Wares of the Wild Wild West • Palm Press • Muscular Development Magazine • Purina • Dig Magazine • New York Times Magazine • At&t • Fortune Magazine • Fortune Magazine Retirement Guide • Golf Digest Magazine • Lifestyle & Travel for Physicians • Select Magazine • Merrill Lynch Advisor • Time for Kids • The Kingdom Magazine • Tony Stone • e-culture • Child Magazine • Bloomberg Personal Finance Magazine • Getty Images • Lifetime magazine • Sunset Magazine • Health Magazine • Sunset Custom Publishing • My Generation • Walking Magazine • Pure Canada Magazine • RES Magazine • Ski Magazine • Houghton Mifflin & Co. • ISM • Citibank • National Geographic Adventure • E-Company • Target • Fortune • The Oprah Magazine • Time Inc. Custom Publishing • Graphiculture • CHASE • Weldon Owen Publishing • Geographic Expeditions Magazine • Emma Publishing • Mazda Magazine • PVA Travel Planning • People Magazine • Health Magazine • Acura Magazine • Team One Advertising • Time International • Mexico • National Geographic • Modern Farmer • Lexus Ad Campaign • Organic Style • Gourmet Magazine • Discover Magazine • Madison Magazine • Technologic Partners • Conde Nast Traveller UK • Oxmoor House • Travel & Life • Backpacker • American Express Custom Publishing • Men’s Journal Magazine • Fortune Magazine • Saudi Aramco World • Audubon • Travel & Leisure Golf • Essential Women’s Health Guide • Gourmet • Living 101 • Forbes • National Parks Magazine • Cookie Magazine • Sherman’s Travel • Virtuoso • Conde Nast • GO Magazine • More Magazine • Belcampo • Food & Wine Magazine • Beverly Hills Wilshire Hotel • Luxury Spa Finder • Journal International • GEO • Spirit Magazine • Hemispheres • PDN • Departures • Money Magazine • Donna Moderna Magazine • Sunset Books • Every Day with Rachel Ray • Travel & Leisure Family • Pure Canada • GEO Saison • Parks • Bark • Time Inc. • Islands • Drive • Dusty Times • Budget Travel • Endless Vacation • US Airways • Money • Private Clubs • Endless Vacation • Southern Living • 7x7 • Artisan Publishing • 1859 • Ten Speed Press • VIA Magazine • Copalli Rum • Petaluma Visitors Guide • Damiani • Southern Living Magazine • Honolulu Magazine • Surfing Western Australia Annual Report • National Geographic • Surfline • CNN • San Francisco Chronicle • NBC