Bio
Leslie Hall Brown began teaching photography courses in the Art Department at Southwest Missouri State University three years after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in photography. Over the next two years she received honorable mentions in the national juried PhotoSpiva competition. She was in a two person exhibition in 1979 in Springfield, Missouri and a two person exhibition in 1983 at the Springfield Art Museum. In 1987 after completing two graduate degrees in the mental health field Hall Brown became a psychotherapist in private practice, and that same year received first Place in the PhotoSpiva. In 1988 she became a Registered Art Therapist and received Best in Show in the Abington Photo Expo of which Larry Fink was the juror. That same year a portfolio of her work was included in The Photo Review Journal and she had two one person exhibitions, one in Kansas City and the other in San Francisco. That same year she received an honorable mention from Emmet Gowin in The Photo Review. In 1989 she had a one-person exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. In 1993 Hall Brown became a Registered Play Therapist and in 1995 a Board Certified Art Therapist. In 1998 she received her second first place award in PhotoSpiva. In 2013 she received first place in the International Photo Awards Fine Art category of Digitally Enhanced. In 2014 she received first place in the Julia Margaret Cameron Award and in the Prix de la Photographie, Paris. In 2015 Adobe Inspire Magazine featured an interview with Hall Brown and a portfolio of her work and she received first place in the International Photo Awards Fine Art: Books. In 2016 she received The Best New Talent Award in the Prix de la Photographie, Paris and had a one person exhibition at the SRO Photo Gallery at Texas Tech University School of Art. In 2020 Terry Barrett included one of Hall Brown’s images in his book Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images 6th Edition. Her work is included in the Photographic Archives of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky and was selected by Keith F. Davis the curator of the Hallmark Collection for the permanent collection of the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, Missouri.
Employment
2001- 2018
Psychotherapist
Duncan, Brown and Associates
Springfield, Missouri
1987- 2001
Psychotherapist
Ozark Psychological Associates
Springfield, Missouri
1976-86
Instructor
Department of Art and Design
Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri
Awards
2018
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Special/
Digitally Enhanced
2017
Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3), 2016, Bronze, Fine
Art/Collage
International Photography Awards, Best Of Show–Curator Selection,
Curator, Patricia Lanza
International Photography Awards, Country Pick
International Photography Awards, 3rd Place, Special/Digitally
Enhanced
2016
Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3), 2016 Best New Talent Award
Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3), Gold Fine Art: Collage
International Photography Awards, Honorable mention,
Special/Digitally Enhanced
2015
Neutral Density Photography Awards,Honorable Mention in Fine
Art:Photomanipulation
International Photography Awards, 1st Place, Book(Self-published):
Fine Art
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Digitally
Enhanced
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Fine Art:
Other
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Fine Art:
Collage
Life Framer: Civilisation, Top Twenty, [Simon Roberts]
LensCulture, Editors' Pick, "Dualities"
LensCulture, Editors' Pick, "Re-Visioning"
2014
Life Framer: Six Continents, Top Twenty, [Stefano de Luigi]
Prix de la Photographie Paris, 3rd Place People's Choice Award,
LensCulture, Editors' Pick "Seeing Through the Heart"
The Darkroom Gallery, Dreams and Hallucinations
Honorable Mention, [Juror Russell Joslin]
The New Orleans PHOTO Alliance, The Clarence John Laughlin
Award, Finalist (1 of 13), [Juror Del Zogg]
Prix de la Photographie Paris, 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place
and Honorable Mention
The New York Center for Photographic Art
Animals 2014, Juror’s Selection, (Juror Kay Kenny)
Julia Margaret Cameron Award Recipient(1 of 12)
Fine Art, First Prize
Alternative Processes/Digital Manipulation, Second Prize
Pollux Award
Alternative Processes and Digital Manipulation, 2nd and 3rd prize
International Photo Awards 2014, Special: Digitally Enhanced,
Honorable Mention
2013
International Photo Awards 2013, Special: Digitally Enhanced, 1st
Place
Digital Arts: California, True Colors 2, Stellar Art Award
2011
International Photo Awards 2011, Fine Art: Collage Honorable
Mention
1998
PhotoSpiva, 1st Place (Juror: Connie Imbodin)
1991
East Texas International Photography Competition, 1st Place
(Jurors: Luther Smith & Susan Kae Grant)
1990
Photography ’90, Abington Art Center, 9th Place
(Juror: Duane Michaels)
1988
The Photo Review, Honorable Mention
(Juror: Emmet Gowin)
Abington Photo Expo ’88, Best in Show (Juror: Larry Fink)
Abington Art Center
Philadelphia,PA
1987
PhotoSpiva, 1st Place (Juror: Gloria Baker Feinstein)
The Photo Review, 4th Place (Juror: Duane Michals)
The University of Louisville National Juried Competition, Purchase Award
1986
PhotoSpiva, 3rd Place (Juror: Lewis Koch)
1985
Quad-State Photography Exhibition, 2 Honorable Mentions
(Juror: Arthur Rothstein)
1982
PhotoSpiva, Honorable Mention (Juror: Olivia Parker)
PhotoImages, 1st Place
(Jurors: Bob Kolbrener & LutherSmith)
1979
PhotoSpiva, Honorable Mention (Juror: Jean Tucker)
1978
PhotoSpiva, Honorable Mention (Juror: John Sexton)
One Person Exhibitions
2016
SRO Photo Gallery
Texas Tech University School of Art
Lubbock, Texas
1992
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
Joplin, Missouri
1991
Fotogalerie in der Schwanenburg
Kleve, Germany
1989
Fabrik-Foto-Forum
Hamburg, West Germany
1988
The Baker Gallery
Kansas, City, Kansas.
1988
The University of California, Berkeley Extension
San Francisco, California
Two Person Exhibitions
1998
Bellas Artes
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1997
Mayoral Palace
Patzcuaro, Mexico
1997
Biblioteca Publica
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1985
Jordan Creek Art Gallery
Springfield, Missouri
1983
Springfield Art Museum
Springfield, Missouri
1981
Springfield Library Gallery
Springfield, Missouri
1979
Park Central Art Gallery
Springfield, Missouri
National/International Juried Exhibitions
2018
9th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show
(Jurors: Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis)
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY
9th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show
Jurors by Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis)
Griffin Museum of Photography Winchester MA
2017
IPA Best in Show Exhibition, Featuring Curator’s Selections,
New York
International Photography Awards and Magazzini Fotografici
2017 Best of Show and Regional winners Exhibition, Naples,
Italy
2017 IPA Best of Show and Regional winners Exhibition, Tokyo,
Japan
International Photography Awards, 2017 Best of Show, Yixian,
China
2016
International Photography Awards(IPA), New York
2015
6th Annual Self-Published Photobook Exhibition
PHOTOBOOK 2015 (Jurors: Karen Davis and Paula Tognarelli)
Griffin Museum of Photography
Life Framer
Menier Gallery
London, England
Life Framer
Juraplatz Art Show
Switzerland.
The Darkroom Gallery
Curvilinear
Essex Junction, Vermont
[Juror Sarah Hadley]
Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2015 Exhibition
Gallery Kunstwerk Nippes
Koin, Germany
Kolga Award 2015 Exhibition
Conceptual Photo Project Category
Geocell Mobile Photo Series Category
One Shot Category
Tbilisi, Georgia
[Jurors Richard Bram,Brian Griffin, Tina Schelhorn, David Tskhadadze]
Griffin Museum at SoWa
Sky Exhibit
Boston, Massachusetts
Plates-to-Pixels
Annual Juried Landscape Exhibition
(Juror Chris Bennett)
2014
SKY Exhibit,
Boston, Massachusetts
[Juror Paula Tognarelli]
The Darkroom Gallery
Dreams and Hallucinations
Essex Junction, Vermont
[Juror Russell Joslin]
Life Framer:
Six Continents
[Juror Stefano de Luigi]
PhotoPlace Gallery
Marvelous Things
Middlebury, Vermont
[Juror Aline Smithson]
Don't Take Pictures
City Life Exhibition,
[Juror Kat Kiernan]
SKY,
Duncan Miller Gallery
Your Daily Photograph
[Juror Paula Tognarelli]
3rd International Biennial of Fine Art
Malaga, Spain
2013
International Photography Awards
Best of Show Exhibition
Bangkok, Thailand
International Photography Awards
Best of Show Exhibition
Hosted by Daylight Magazine
North Carolina
International Photography Awards
Best of Show Exhibition
New York
2011
Historical Stories: Objects
Springfield, Missouri
2000
PhotoSpiva 2000, Joplin, Missouri
1999
PhotoSpiva ‘99, Joplin, Missouri
1998
PhotoSpiva ‘98, Joplin, Missouri
1993
PhotoSpiva ‘93, Joplin, Missouri
1992
Second Annual Photography Exhibition, Annapolis, Maryland
PhotoNational I, Royal Oak, Michigan
1991
PhotoSpiva ‘91, Joplin, Missouri
LaGrange National XVI, LaGrange, Georgia
East Texas International Photography Competition, Commerce,
Texas
1990
Photography ‘90, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
1989 Dog Days Dog Show, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Photo Review National Photographic Competition, Langhorne, PA
PhotoSpiva ‘89, Joplin, Missouri
1988
The Print Club, Philadelphia, Pensylvania
Photo Metro 6th Annual Contest, San Francisco, California
PhotoSpiva ‘88, Joplin, Missouri
The Photo Review, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
New Landscapes, Society for Contemporary Photography, KC, MO
Current Works ‘88, Kansas, City, Missouri
Photo Expo ‘88, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
1988 US Biennial III, Norman, Oklahoma
Light Exposure ‘88, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
1987
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Kansas
Photo Opportunity Competition, Silver Eye Center, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania
PhotoSpiva ‘87, Joplin, Missouri
The Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
1986
PhotoSpiva ‘86, Joplin, Missouri
1985
PhotoSpiva ‘85, Joplin, Missouri
1984
PhotoSpiva ‘84, Joplin, Missouri
1983
PhotoSpiva ‘83, Joplin, Missouri
1982
PhotoSpiva ‘82, Joplin, Missouri
PhotoImages ‘82, Springfield, Illinois
1981
The Finished Print ‘81, Farmington, Connecticut
Exposure Time V, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1980
American Vision, New York, New York
LaGrange V National, LaGrange, Georgia
The Finished Print ‘80, Farmington, Connecticut
1979
The Finished Print, Farmington, Connecticut
LaGrange IV National, LaGrange, Georgia
PhotoSpiva ‘79, Joplin, Missouri
National Juried photography Exhibition, Birmingham, Alabama
1978
PhotoSpiva, Joplin, Missouri
LaGrange III National, LaGrange, Georgia
1977
PhotoSpiva, Joplin, Missouri
Bibliography
2020
Image, Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images
6th Edition, by Terry Barrett
2017
Portfolio, Rfotofolio, January 2017
Portfolio, PhotoNews Magazine, Hamburg, Germany, February 2017
Portfolio L'Oeil de la Photographie, France, March 11, 2017
2016
Portfolio, Life Force Magazine, November, 2016
Portfolio, Edge of Humanity Magazine, September, 2016
2015
Portfolio, L'Oeil de la Photographie, France, Nov 7, 2015
Interview, Adobe INSPIRE Magazine, June, 2015
Portfolio, L'Oeil de la Photographie, France, May 2, 2015
Portfolio, PhotoWorld Magazine China, Issue January, 2015
Musee Magazine, Issue 11
She Shoots Film, Interview and Portfolio
2014
Portfolio, She Shoots Film / Film Photography By Women
Portfolio, F-Stop Photography Magazine Issue #69
Portfolio, Light Leaked Photography Magazine
Portfolio, PH Magazine #48, Ontario, Canada
1989
Portfolio, PhotoNews, Hamburg, Germany
New Letters (Literary Magazine), Kansas, City, Missouri
Shots Photo Magazine, Danville, Kentucky
Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
1988
Portfolio, Photo Metro, San Francisco, CA
Portfolio, Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
1987
Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
Portfolio, Shots Magazine, Danville, Kentucky
Public Collections
Photographic Archives
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Springfield Art Museum
Springfield, Missouri
Employment
2001- 2018
Psychotherapist
Duncan, Brown and Associates
Springfield, Missouri
1987- 2001
Psychotherapist
Ozark Psychological Associates
Springfield, Missouri
1976-86
Instructor
Department of Art and Design
Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri
Awards
2018
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Special/
Digitally Enhanced
2017
Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3), 2016, Bronze, Fine
Art/Collage
International Photography Awards, Best Of Show–Curator Selection,
Curator, Patricia Lanza
International Photography Awards, Country Pick
International Photography Awards, 3rd Place, Special/Digitally
Enhanced
2016
Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3), 2016 Best New Talent Award
Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3), Gold Fine Art: Collage
International Photography Awards, Honorable mention,
Special/Digitally Enhanced
2015
Neutral Density Photography Awards,Honorable Mention in Fine
Art:Photomanipulation
International Photography Awards, 1st Place, Book(Self-published):
Fine Art
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Digitally
Enhanced
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Fine Art:
Other
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Fine Art:
Collage
Life Framer: Civilisation, Top Twenty, [Simon Roberts]
LensCulture, Editors' Pick, "Dualities"
LensCulture, Editors' Pick, "Re-Visioning"
2014
Life Framer: Six Continents, Top Twenty, [Stefano de Luigi]
Prix de la Photographie Paris, 3rd Place People's Choice Award,
LensCulture, Editors' Pick "Seeing Through the Heart"
The Darkroom Gallery, Dreams and Hallucinations
Honorable Mention, [Juror Russell Joslin]
The New Orleans PHOTO Alliance, The Clarence John Laughlin
Award, Finalist (1 of 13), [Juror Del Zogg]
Prix de la Photographie Paris, 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place
and Honorable Mention
The New York Center for Photographic Art
Animals 2014, Juror’s Selection, (Juror Kay Kenny)
Julia Margaret Cameron Award Recipient(1 of 12)
Fine Art, First Prize
Alternative Processes/Digital Manipulation, Second Prize
Pollux Award
Alternative Processes and Digital Manipulation, 2nd and 3rd prize
International Photo Awards 2014, Special: Digitally Enhanced,
Honorable Mention
2013
International Photo Awards 2013, Special: Digitally Enhanced, 1st
Place
Digital Arts: California, True Colors 2, Stellar Art Award
2011
International Photo Awards 2011, Fine Art: Collage Honorable
Mention
1998
PhotoSpiva, 1st Place (Juror: Connie Imbodin)
1991
East Texas International Photography Competition, 1st Place
(Jurors: Luther Smith & Susan Kae Grant)
1990
Photography ’90, Abington Art Center, 9th Place
(Juror: Duane Michaels)
1988
The Photo Review, Honorable Mention
(Juror: Emmet Gowin)
Abington Photo Expo ’88, Best in Show (Juror: Larry Fink)
Abington Art Center
Philadelphia,PA
1987
PhotoSpiva, 1st Place (Juror: Gloria Baker Feinstein)
The Photo Review, 4th Place (Juror: Duane Michals)
The University of Louisville National Juried Competition, Purchase Award
1986
PhotoSpiva, 3rd Place (Juror: Lewis Koch)
1985
Quad-State Photography Exhibition, 2 Honorable Mentions
(Juror: Arthur Rothstein)
1982
PhotoSpiva, Honorable Mention (Juror: Olivia Parker)
PhotoImages, 1st Place
(Jurors: Bob Kolbrener & LutherSmith)
1979
PhotoSpiva, Honorable Mention (Juror: Jean Tucker)
1978
PhotoSpiva, Honorable Mention (Juror: John Sexton)
One Person Exhibitions
2016
SRO Photo Gallery
Texas Tech University School of Art
Lubbock, Texas
1992
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
Joplin, Missouri
1991
Fotogalerie in der Schwanenburg
Kleve, Germany
1989
Fabrik-Foto-Forum
Hamburg, West Germany
1988
The Baker Gallery
Kansas, City, Kansas.
1988
The University of California, Berkeley Extension
San Francisco, California
Two Person Exhibitions
1998
Bellas Artes
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1997
Mayoral Palace
Patzcuaro, Mexico
1997
Biblioteca Publica
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1985
Jordan Creek Art Gallery
Springfield, Missouri
1983
Springfield Art Museum
Springfield, Missouri
1981
Springfield Library Gallery
Springfield, Missouri
1979
Park Central Art Gallery
Springfield, Missouri
National/International Juried Exhibitions
2018
9th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show
(Jurors: Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis)
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY
9th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show
Jurors by Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis)
Griffin Museum of Photography Winchester MA
2017
IPA Best in Show Exhibition, Featuring Curator’s Selections,
New York
International Photography Awards and Magazzini Fotografici
2017 Best of Show and Regional winners Exhibition, Naples,
Italy
2017 IPA Best of Show and Regional winners Exhibition, Tokyo,
Japan
International Photography Awards, 2017 Best of Show, Yixian,
China
2016
International Photography Awards(IPA), New York
2015
6th Annual Self-Published Photobook Exhibition
PHOTOBOOK 2015 (Jurors: Karen Davis and Paula Tognarelli)
Griffin Museum of Photography
Life Framer
Menier Gallery
London, England
Life Framer
Juraplatz Art Show
Switzerland.
The Darkroom Gallery
Curvilinear
Essex Junction, Vermont
[Juror Sarah Hadley]
Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2015 Exhibition
Gallery Kunstwerk Nippes
Koin, Germany
Kolga Award 2015 Exhibition
Conceptual Photo Project Category
Geocell Mobile Photo Series Category
One Shot Category
Tbilisi, Georgia
[Jurors Richard Bram,Brian Griffin, Tina Schelhorn, David Tskhadadze]
Griffin Museum at SoWa
Sky Exhibit
Boston, Massachusetts
Plates-to-Pixels
Annual Juried Landscape Exhibition
(Juror Chris Bennett)
2014
SKY Exhibit,
Boston, Massachusetts
[Juror Paula Tognarelli]
The Darkroom Gallery
Dreams and Hallucinations
Essex Junction, Vermont
[Juror Russell Joslin]
Life Framer:
Six Continents
[Juror Stefano de Luigi]
PhotoPlace Gallery
Marvelous Things
Middlebury, Vermont
[Juror Aline Smithson]
Don't Take Pictures
City Life Exhibition,
[Juror Kat Kiernan]
SKY,
Duncan Miller Gallery
Your Daily Photograph
[Juror Paula Tognarelli]
3rd International Biennial of Fine Art
Malaga, Spain
2013
International Photography Awards
Best of Show Exhibition
Bangkok, Thailand
International Photography Awards
Best of Show Exhibition
Hosted by Daylight Magazine
North Carolina
International Photography Awards
Best of Show Exhibition
New York
2011
Historical Stories: Objects
Springfield, Missouri
2000
PhotoSpiva 2000, Joplin, Missouri
1999
PhotoSpiva ‘99, Joplin, Missouri
1998
PhotoSpiva ‘98, Joplin, Missouri
1993
PhotoSpiva ‘93, Joplin, Missouri
1992
Second Annual Photography Exhibition, Annapolis, Maryland
PhotoNational I, Royal Oak, Michigan
1991
PhotoSpiva ‘91, Joplin, Missouri
LaGrange National XVI, LaGrange, Georgia
East Texas International Photography Competition, Commerce,
Texas
1990
Photography ‘90, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
1989 Dog Days Dog Show, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Photo Review National Photographic Competition, Langhorne, PA
PhotoSpiva ‘89, Joplin, Missouri
1988
The Print Club, Philadelphia, Pensylvania
Photo Metro 6th Annual Contest, San Francisco, California
PhotoSpiva ‘88, Joplin, Missouri
The Photo Review, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
New Landscapes, Society for Contemporary Photography, KC, MO
Current Works ‘88, Kansas, City, Missouri
Photo Expo ‘88, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
1988 US Biennial III, Norman, Oklahoma
Light Exposure ‘88, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
1987
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Kansas
Photo Opportunity Competition, Silver Eye Center, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania
PhotoSpiva ‘87, Joplin, Missouri
The Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
1986
PhotoSpiva ‘86, Joplin, Missouri
1985
PhotoSpiva ‘85, Joplin, Missouri
1984
PhotoSpiva ‘84, Joplin, Missouri
1983
PhotoSpiva ‘83, Joplin, Missouri
1982
PhotoSpiva ‘82, Joplin, Missouri
PhotoImages ‘82, Springfield, Illinois
1981
The Finished Print ‘81, Farmington, Connecticut
Exposure Time V, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1980
American Vision, New York, New York
LaGrange V National, LaGrange, Georgia
The Finished Print ‘80, Farmington, Connecticut
1979
The Finished Print, Farmington, Connecticut
LaGrange IV National, LaGrange, Georgia
PhotoSpiva ‘79, Joplin, Missouri
National Juried photography Exhibition, Birmingham, Alabama
1978
PhotoSpiva, Joplin, Missouri
LaGrange III National, LaGrange, Georgia
1977
PhotoSpiva, Joplin, Missouri
Bibliography
2020
Image, Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images
6th Edition, by Terry Barrett
2017
Portfolio, Rfotofolio, January 2017
Portfolio, PhotoNews Magazine, Hamburg, Germany, February 2017
Portfolio L'Oeil de la Photographie, France, March 11, 2017
2016
Portfolio, Life Force Magazine, November, 2016
Portfolio, Edge of Humanity Magazine, September, 2016
2015
Portfolio, L'Oeil de la Photographie, France, Nov 7, 2015
Interview, Adobe INSPIRE Magazine, June, 2015
Portfolio, L'Oeil de la Photographie, France, May 2, 2015
Portfolio, PhotoWorld Magazine China, Issue January, 2015
Musee Magazine, Issue 11
She Shoots Film, Interview and Portfolio
2014
Portfolio, She Shoots Film / Film Photography By Women
Portfolio, F-Stop Photography Magazine Issue #69
Portfolio, Light Leaked Photography Magazine
Portfolio, PH Magazine #48, Ontario, Canada
1989
Portfolio, PhotoNews, Hamburg, Germany
New Letters (Literary Magazine), Kansas, City, Missouri
Shots Photo Magazine, Danville, Kentucky
Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
1988
Portfolio, Photo Metro, San Francisco, CA
Portfolio, Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
1987
Photo Review, Langhorne, PA
Portfolio, Shots Magazine, Danville, Kentucky
Public Collections
Photographic Archives
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Springfield Art Museum
Springfield, Missouri