About
I have been producing fine art photography since my days as an undergraduate student at Tufts University. As a liberal arts student majoring in Biology, I decided to enroll in a photography course to satisfy one of my degree requirements. Fatefully, I was exposed to this rather perfect blend of science and art under the tutelage of an instructor from the Museum School, Jim Dow.
Upon graduation I began working in the field as a research biologist involved in a variety of animal behavior studies. Over the course of a couple of years I began to believe that I might enjoy working as a photographer even more, and it was at that time that I made my way to the Museum School to study with Jim Dow once again. One semester later I was advised to get to work, and off to Africa I went.
Upon my return I found myself in need of a number of a few good meals and a job. Within a matter of days I had found my way to Bob Korn, a master photographic printmaker on Cape Cod, with whom I began an apprenticeship which carried on for nearly ten years. During this period I learned how to make museum quality fine art photography prints, I learned a proprietary film development process for color negative sheet film, and I immersed myself in a culture of photographic artists creating images at the highest professional level. I also embarked on the discovery of my own vision and process, photographing virtually every day and working in the lab until exhaustion won out.
My signature fine art photography typically depicts epic landscapes in massive scale. These images are photographed on large format color negative film, and are printed on the largest size print material I can manage. I have been engaged in this work for over 20 years, and my work has consequently evolved in certain ways. I have photographed all manner of subjects urban and natural, but the images I feel most strongly about are made in natural environments.
Christopher Green, December 14, 2009