September 3, 2026

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Kimberlee Price Brown has had a camera in her hands for most of her life. Through the 1980s and the years of raising her children, photography was simply part of how she remembered life. Around 2015, that lifelong habit became a deeper curiosity, and eventually, a passion for studying photography and developing her own visual voice.

 

At heart, Kimberlee is a storyteller. Her favorite photographs are rarely the perfectly posed ones. She is drawn to people as they really are: expressive, unguarded, absorbed in a moment, and often unaware of her camera. She likes to get close, allowing a face, a gesture, or the surrounding environment to tell the story. Her photographs might capture a spontaneous engagement on a beach, a child wandering through a field of flowers, or a quiet interaction that could easily have passed unnoticed.

 

She also loves photographing the milestones of the people closest to her, from maternity portraits and weddings to the everyday moments that eventually become family history.

 

Whether photographing someone she loves or a stranger she may never meet, Kimberlee is always looking for the same thing: the feeling inside the moment. For her, photography is less about creating a perfect picture and more about noticing a story while it is happening.

 

Japan Through the Lens: Travel, Landscape, Architecture & Culture

 

In May 2026, photographer Kim Brown traveled across Japan with Keiko, who was born and raised in Japan, experiencing the country through both a photographer’s eye and a more personal connection to its culture.

In this presentation, Kim will share the photographic story of their journey, from the landscapes of Mt. Fuji and Kamikochi to the temples of Kyoto, historic Miyajima, and the energy of Tokyo.

Through landscapes, architecture, cultural details, street scenes, and Japan’s remarkable transportation system, Kim will explore the creative and technical decisions behind her images: working with available light, finding compelling compositions in unfamiliar surroundings, capturing scale and atmosphere, and knowing when to photograph the iconic view and when to look beyond it.

 

From misty mountains and quiet gardens to bullet trains and bustling city streets, this is about more than documenting where she went. It’s about using photography to capture what it felt like to be there.

October 1st - OPEN

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