Brian Branch-Price

 

BIOGRAPHY

Brian Branch-Price a native of Plainfield, New Jersey and a Howard University graduate with a  degree in geology and fine arts photography. Brian an American reportage and portrait photographer, director and author whose career has ranged from photojournalism to commissioned fine arts projects. Brian's methodology has evolved to employ a traditional documentary/reportage approach that allows for his subjective interpretation of the subject. 

 

The driving concern of his work is to explore the Black Diaspora focusing on the realities of the American African experience in the Americas.  His career as a photojournalist began at The Hilltop (Howard University). as wells a freelancer for The Washington Post, accumulated five photo internships then later staffing for the Trenton Times (Trenton, NJ), The News Journal (Wilmington, DE) , The Associated Press, Public sqaure amplified and Zuma Press Images. 

Other accomplishments “Leica stories” spokesperson, Atlanta photojournalism seminar faculty, Photoville,  commissioned work and self-assignments includes celebrity portraits, 2014 Super Bowl, 2015 World Cycling Championships. Branch-Price’s photographs are in the Permanent Collections of The Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield, NJ), The Harn Museum,  University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) and the Major Taylor Museum (Worcester, MA)

He is currently working on the America’s Black Diaspora: “The Original Cowboy, An American Institution”:  Episode 3, which takes a deep dive into the Black Cowboy Culture. Other projects include Black Maternal and infant mortality rate, vanishing communities, Black Cyclists, BLM, Black Gospel legends, The Kalmar Nickel (the building of the Pirates of the Caribbean ship) and American Dance.

 

WORKSHOPS

One on One’s Foto-J, Street, Reportage, Protests, Foto Essays, 

National Association of Black Journalists Visual Tasks Force Programs

 

STUDENT MENTORING

Students from Savanah Art School and design, Plainfield High School Students, et-al 

 

One on One’s Foto-J, Street, Reportage, Protests, Foto Essays, 

National Association of Black Journalists Visual Tasks Force Programs

 

FACULTY/ LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

 

  

PERMENANT COLLECTIONS 

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

 

PUBLISHED BOOKS

 

PUBLISHED ANNUALS AND MAGAZINES 

 

COMMISSIONED WORK

 

bio

Brian Branch-Price

 

BIOGRAPHY

Brian Branch-Price a native of Plainfield, New Jersey and a Howard University graduate with a  degree in geology and fine arts photography. Brian an American reportage and portrait photographer, director and author whose career has ranged from photojournalism to commissioned fine arts projects. Brian's methodology has evolved to employ a traditional documentary/reportage approach that allows for his subjective interpretation of the subject. 

 

The driving concern of his work is to explore the Black Diaspora focusing on the realities of the American African experience in the Americas.  His career as a photojournalist began at The Hilltop (Howard University). as wells a freelancer for The Washington Post, accumulated five photo internships then later staffing for the Trenton Times (Trenton, NJ), The News Journal (Wilmington, DE) , The Associated Press, Public sqaure amplified and Zuma Press Images. 

Other accomplishments “Leica stories” spokesperson, Atlanta photojournalism seminar faculty, Photoville,  commissioned work and self-assignments includes celebrity portraits, 2014 Super Bowl, 2015 World Cycling Championships. Branch-Price’s photographs are in the Permanent Collections of The Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield, NJ), The Harn Museum,  University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) and the Major Taylor Museum (Worcester, MA)

He is currently working on the America’s Black Diaspora: “The Original Cowboy, An American Institution”:  Episode 3, which takes a deep dive into the Black Cowboy Culture. Other projects include Black Maternal and infant mortality rate, vanishing communities, Black Cyclists, BLM, Black Gospel legends, The Kalmar Nickel (the building of the Pirates of the Caribbean ship) and American Dance.

 

WORKSHOPS

One on One’s Foto-J, Street, Reportage, Protests, Foto Essays, 

National Association of Black Journalists Visual Tasks Force Programs

 

STUDENT MENTORING

Students from Savanah Art School and design, Plainfield High School Students, et-al 

 

One on One’s Foto-J, Street, Reportage, Protests, Foto Essays, 

National Association of Black Journalists Visual Tasks Force Programs

 

FACULTY/ LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

  • Leica Stories BH event space March 2024
  • Photoville Educational Program 2024
  • ASMP Member Spotlight 2024
  • Vanguard High School, New York
  • Frances Lewis High School, New York 2024
  • Cranbury NJ Photo Club February 2024
  • Atlanta photojournalism Seminar, 2023
  • Ducret School of Art, Plainfield, NJ.  2020

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • •“The Original Cowboy, An American Institution.”  Plainfield Public Library,   Plainfield, NJ   2023
  • •“The Original Cowboy, An American Institution.”  Newark Arts Festival  Newark, NJ.    2022
  • •“Cedar Brook Park”   The DuCret school of Art,  Plainfield, NJ.  2022
  • •“Plainfield Vets”          Plainfield Public Library      Plainfield, NJ   2017
  • •“Rhythm and Praise”  Plainfield Public Library      Plainfield, NJ  2015

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

  • Novartis Art in the Atrium, Morristown, NJ,  2024
  • Black Men: Long Journey Forward-A Photography Exhibition Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba, New York,  Curated by Jamel Shabazz, Howard T. Cash,  2024
  • Photoville, The Original Cowboy, An American Institution.”Brooklyn, NY,  2023                                        
  • The Duke Ellington Gallery, Washington, DC, 2022
  • Christina Cultural Arts Center  “Rhythm and Praise” Wilmington, DE, 1998

 

  

PERMENANT COLLECTIONS 

  • “Hood Ride” Newark Liberty Airport
  • Terminal A, gates 1-6 over hang
  •  “What Trenton Takes the World Takes Gate 9
  • Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, NJ
  • Harn Museum. Gainesville, FL 
  • Major Taylor Museum Worcester, MA, (2020)

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • New York Press Photographers Association 2023
  • NJ Jersey Monthly Magazine First Place, Lifestyle. Dec 2022
  • Tokyo International 2017, 2018
  • National Association of Black Journalists Award of excellence 2010
  • Associated Press Photo award 2005 and 2003
  • Gannett gold medal 1998
  • National Headliner 1995, First Place Sports

 

PUBLISHED BOOKS

  • Sunday in America 1997

 

PUBLISHED ANNUALS AND MAGAZINES 

  • Zeke Magazine Fall 2022
  • The Washington Post Photo Book 2022

 

COMMISSIONED WORK

  • “The Congregation”, First Baptist Church Lincoln Gardens Somerset NJ,