Mother Fruits

Mother Fruits
Kannetha Brown

8x10 large format film photograph, archival inkjet print
20” H x 24” W
2023

Kannetha Brown is a Cambodian-American photographer from Providence, Rhode Island. Her mother and grandmother are refugees of the Cambodian Genocide (Khmer Rouge Regime), and her grandfather was a military official under Prime Minister Lon Nol. Her work explores intergenerational trauma, and lived histories of survival and kinship in her local community. Her analog practice re-contextualizes the Khmer Rouge’s oppressive photographs, and resists the erasure of Cambodian heritage caused by the Khmer Rouge and the US's role in the genocide.

Her exhibitions include the National Cambodian Heritage Museum (Chicago, 2025), Brown University Center for Students of Color (Providence), and Rochester Institute of Technology (New York). She has lectured at Leica (Boston), Brown University and Bryant University. She received a Citizen Citation from the Mayor of Providence and an Andy Warhol Foundation Grant from Interlace. Her clients include the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and the University of Massachusetts. She earned her BFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she received numerous awards for her interdisciplinary research.

Instagram: @kannetha.brown

Website: www.kannethabrown.com