Christopher Morris

Christopher Morris (born 1958) is an American photojournalist best known for his documentary conflict photographs, being a White House photographer, a fashion photographer, and a film director.

Life and work Morris was born in 1958 in California. In 1980, he earned a photography bachelor of science degree from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. He was appointed runner by Black Star director Howard Chapnick. In 1981, during six months, he documented the underground world of the New York City Subway in a photo essay published 33 years later in Time.

War photographer In 1983, during the civil conflict in the Philippines in Manila, Morris started covering world news as documentary conflict

In 2010, he photographed Carmen Jalving

In 2013, Dior-clad Marta Dyks was his model during the Haute Couture shows in Paris for L'Officiel, issue #973 of March. Mark Stoermer, Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannucci, Jr., and Dave Keuning near Las Vegas. This French language weekly news magazine quoted the name of the photographer directly in the title of an associated article, attracting the attention of readers who wished to know more about him.

Still photographer In August 2015, on the shooting of the movie En Moi, Morris photographed the instant where the Dutch model Lara Stone is become actress for her first leading role of the woman. He captured on film the moment where the French actress Laetitia Casta is become film director for the first time. He was the witness of the metamorphosis of the Japanese actor Akaji Maro in his role of the man of service into the butoh-dancer in the Palais Garnier where the French Danseur Étoile Jérémie Bélingard interpreted the lover of the woman in front of the camera of the French film cinematographer Benoît Delhomme.

Street photographer In his early career, Morris often photographed candidly in urban settings, particularly in New York City. In 2014, his 1981 series from the New York Subway was published for the first time in Time. Over a six-month period that year, Morris had embedded himself in the subway system, often riding the trains alone, but other times riding with the Guardian Angels volunteer anti-crime group.

Publications My America. Göttingen: Steidl, 2006. . Americans. Göttingen: Steidl, 2012. .

Exhibitions 2013: From War & Politics to Fashion, Berlin Foto-Festival

People of Power 2006: The Dear Leader 2009: Obama’s War, Obama’s Burden, The New Leader 2011: Oval Of Power 2016: the candidates’ rallies and the 1991 Robert Capa Gold Medal in 1992 for "Slaughter in Vukovar." He also garnered the Infinity Photojournalist Award from the International Center of Photography in New York. His work in photojournalism was further recognized with the Visa d'Or award in the News section for his coverage of the Yugoslav Wars. The following year, he was honored with the Feature Photography Award from the Overseas Press Club for his work "Inside the Hermit Kingdom." He achieved the first prize World Press Photo Award in the People in the Stories section.