Michael Christopher Brown

**Michael Christopher Brown** (an haife shi a ranar 18 ga Disamban shekarar 1978) wani mai ɗaukar hoto ne ɗan Amurka wanda aka san shi da takardunsa na Yaƙin Basasa na Libya na 2011  da kuma littafin da ya biyo baya, *Libyan Sugar* (2016). 

## Sana'a
An haifi Brown a kwarin Skagit, wani yanki na manoma a Washington .  Bayan ya koma birnin New York a shekarar 2005, ya shiga kamfanin daukar hoto na Italiya Grazia Neri a shekarar 2006.  Daga nan ya koma Beijing, China, a shekarar 2009 kuma a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa ya tattara jerin ayyukan tafiye-tafiyen tituna da na jirgin kasa a fadin kasar.

A shekarar 2010, Brown ya fara ɗaukar hotuna da wayar iPhone, yana tuƙi a gabashin China a cikin motarsa ta Jinbei . Tun daga lokacin ya samar da hotunan iPhone a Libya, Masar, Congo (DRC), Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya, Cuba da Falasɗinu. Ikon Brown na ɗaukar hotuna masu mahimmanci da iPhone ya haifar da shiga cikin *[[Time (magazine)|Time]]*, *Mujallar New York Times*, da dandamalin Instagram  *National Geographic* .  Ta hanyar waɗannan dandamalin yana iya isa ga miliyoyin mabiya don sanar da su da kuma ilmantar da su kan batutuwan zamantakewa da siyasa a yankuna masu nisa da kuma waɗanda ba a ba da rahotonsu sosai a duniya ba. 

A shekarar 2011, Brown ya shafe watanni bakwai a Libya yana daukar hotunan Juyin Juya Halin Libya,  yana binciken nisan da ake da shi da kuma yanayin yakin.  Ya yi ta yawo a wurare da dama a bakin teku, an yi masa kwanton bauna sau da dama a Gabashin Libya kuma ya ji rauni sau biyu.  A farkon watan Maris, a filin daga kusa da gabashin garin Bin Jawad, an harbe shi a kafa da bindiga kirar AK-47 a lokacin wani farmaki da gwamnati ta kai masa. Makonni shida bayan haka, yayin da yake yawo a kan Kawancen Misrata, ya ji rauni sakamakon harba rokoki da suka shigo masa, sannan ya dauki guntu-guntu guda hudu a kirji, kafada da hannu, inda ya rasa kusan rabin jinin jikinsa kuma ya bukaci a yi masa karin jini sau biyu.  Abokan aikinsa Tim Hetherington da Chris Hondros duk sun mutu a wannan hari.   Brown ya koma Libya sau biyu a shekarar 2012 kuma shi ne batun shirin HBO da Michael Mann ya jagoranta *mai suna Witness: Libya.*  A watan Maris na 2012, an yi garkuwa da wani marubuci Josh Davis na Brown and Men's Journal na ɗan lokaci da bindiga yayin da yake ba da rahoto kan wani lamari da ya faru a Benghazi. 

Brown ya rubuta rahotannin rikice-rikice a lardunan Kivu da kewaye na Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo tun daga shekarar 2012 kuma yana zaune a Goma daga ƙarshen 2012 har zuwa farkon 2014.

Brown, mai ɗaukar hoto mai ba da gudummawa a *National Geographic*  tun daga shekarar 2005, inda ya kammala labaran kasada da al'adu, shi ma yana ba da gudummawa ga *Mujallar The New York Times* da sauran wallafe-wallafe. Tun daga shekarar 2006, ana buga hotunansa a cikin wallafe-wallafe da dama na ƙasashen duniya. Ya shiga Magnum Photos a matsayin wanda aka zaɓa a shekarar 2013  kuma ya kasance mataimaki daga 2015  har zuwa lokacin da ya bar hukumar a watan Yunin 2017. 

Littafin Brown mai suna *Libyan Sugar* ya lashe kyautar Paris Photobook First Photobook Award da kuma kyautar Infinity Award ta Cibiyar Daukar Hoto ta Duniya ta 2017 don Littafin Mawaka.

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