About Me
I am a 34 year old fine art photographer from the midwest. I grew up in northeast Indiana and much of my work centers around the people and places near the city of Fort Wayne, where I lived until moving to Santa Fe in the summer of 2006. I spent a last year and a half exploring the forgotten parts of New Mexico that the tourists never see. I went looking for the real New Mexico and the real people of the state, not the postcard views. I am now back in Indiana working on processing the more than 50 rolls of film that I still have to make prints from, as well as making new photographs of the area I grew up in here in northeast Indiana. My work has been seen in more than 30 exhibits around the country. Before moving to New Mexico, I was a photographer for Fort Wayne Magazine and Northern Indiana Lakes Magazine. I currently earn my living selling my photographs from my website, and by doing website design for a few clients. Check out my portfolio website!
Hi Chris, I do not wish to get into the battle about artists on another site. But I agree with you about the elitists out there. I even see it in my line of work as a physician. It is amazing how it is other peoples fault if they do not appreciate what a talent that you are! Anyway, the whole discussion got me to look at your website and for what it is worth I like your work. Thanks for having the guts to lay out your opinion.
Brian
Comment by Brian — November 8, 2007 @ 7:44 am
Hi Chris:
I followed the link to your site after reading a dpreview posting you made. You do a wonderful job of chronicling the swath of America you’ve traveled. good luck in your endeavors.
Comment by Earle — January 12, 2008 @ 11:43 pm
Thank you for posting these wonderful photos of my home in the Texas Panhandle. You’ve managed to capture the beauty that we who live here enjoy,
but often people passing through miss, as they often find it dull. These photos are lovely and your little boy is really cute too! I’ve been on that
road by the wind farm in Vega many times. I like to drive out there, sit in my car and just look at the wind farm. It inspires hope in me. I attempted
to purchase a couple of acres on that very road, so I could build a home there, but the owner isn’t interested in selling.
Comment by Mitzi — March 1, 2008 @ 7:32 am
Chris - your photos totally rock!
Comment by Kristina Frazier-Henry — April 1, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
hi chris
im a sophmor at delano high school and im taking a phoography class and i have choose you as my artis in a presentation and i was hoping that you could send me a picture to put on a power
thanks
sara fredrickson
Comment by sara fredrickson — April 24, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
Hi Chris,
Was just surfing and ran across your pictures from the Hoagland area. My family farm sits at the intersection of Hoagland Road and the Emenhiser Road. Mr. Youse passed quietly some time ago. As a child I would take wagons of corn and soybeans to Williams traversing the two mile run many times a day.
I think your skills are amazing, thanks for posting your images.
Kevin
Comment by Kevin Emenhiser — May 14, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
Hello Chris !
I truly enjoy your pictures. They are alive and so meaningful. You have the ability to make us see beyond. You capture the spirit and that’s what touches me the most.
Susan
Comment by Susan — June 10, 2008 @ 1:44 am
Hello Chris !
It’s me again ! Just passing through to look at some of my favorite pictures : the pictures of your grandfather ! You have so much talent and why not more pictures of your grandfather, his friends and neighbors.
Comment by Susan — June 19, 2008 @ 12:24 am
You’ve got some amazing visual things going on here - thanks for sharing!
Comment by Joe — October 26, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
Hello
Came across your site via RF Forum (must sign up myself).From the perspective of a very cold, grey and rain soaked UK they look almost exotic!
I think it very important that such pictures are taken and preserved especially by someone such as yourself who clearly has a great love for the subject. It shows through.
Regards
Michael Markey
Comment by Michael Markey — December 8, 2008 @ 8:45 am
Dear Chris,
It’s a quiet Sunday morning as I sit in the Firefly Coffee Shop. I was reviewing email and there was a link to your site via a Google Alert I have set for the 3 Rivers Festival. Our paths may have crossed in the past, but today your narrative photo blog is a touch of both the new and historic. A belated welcome back to town.
Comment by ScLoHo (Scott Howard) — August 1, 2010 @ 8:04 am
Hi Chris, I stumbled onto your photos today and was really moved. I grew up in NW Indiana, in a small town called Dyer. I’m a 52 yo singer (have been a mostly folk singer most of my adult years), working on a memoir w/ music about growing up as the only Jew in a the four towns surrounding my little town. … Your photos inspired a song for me today, so thank you!!
Arni
Comment by arni adler — August 11, 2010 @ 8:21 pm