[1] He won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2006 for his contributions to the Times-Picayune's coverage of Hurricane Katrina,[2] and won another Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for his contributions to Associated Press coverage of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
[4] Brandon shoots worldwide, on various subjects such as Washington, D.C.–based sports, the U.S. military, and Presidential campaigns.
[5] After graduating from the University of Missouri,[6] Brandon began working as a photographer at the Arkansas Democrat.
[7] In 1987, he covered a three-month expedition to Mount Everest[8] Beginning in 1993, Brandon worked for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
He was part of the team awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his photographs of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, D.C.[3]