Christopher Morris is a documentary photographer who has covered wars, politics, and fashion since 1981. In this episode, Courtney & Zach introduce Morris’s photography ahead of next week’s interview with the photographer.
Christopher Morris got his start with the Black Star agency covering conflicts in the Philippines, Panama, the Persian Gulf War, Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Yemen, Iraq, and more.
Largely leaving war photography behind in the early 2000s, Morris covered the Bush and Obama administrations for Time Magazine. He left Black Star in 2001 and was one of the founding members of VII Photo Agency.
In recent years, Morris has photographed for fashion magazines & brands, worked as the personal photographer for Princess Charlene of Monaco, and continued to take breaking news & editorial assignments around the world.
Index
0:31 - The Photography Christopher Morris
6:36 - How Christopher Morris got started in photography
10:35 - Photographing the conflict in Chechnya - 1990s
18:25 - Documenting American politics in the early 2000s
23:15 - Books by Christopher Morris: My America and Americans
29:24 - Archiving decades of film photos
32:00 - Moscow in the 1990s
34:01 - Fashion photography paired with war and politics
40:00 - New York City subway in 1981
41:31 - How Christopher Morris’s photos have influenced Zach
43:25 - How do you decide to be a war photographer
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Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson and Courtney McCracken is a weekly conversation about photography and all its impact. Each week Zach and Courtney discuss their latest adventures, life lessons, and anything else that sounds interesting.
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