Chris Harrison
In the summer of 1987 I opened a magazine and saw Elliott Erwitt’s ‘Great Dane Legs, Boots and Chihuahua’ for the first time. I was mesmerised. Shortly after that my mum bought me a second hand 35mm camera (thank you Mum), and I went to art college to study graphic design and photography. I occasionally made some ‘OK’ photographs, but it took my naive and impatient 16-year-old self a long time to realise that candid photography was much, much harder than Elliot Erwitt made it look. Since then photography has always been a part of my life, sometimes being immersed in it (building my own darkrooms and printing my own work) while other times my cameras have gathered dust or been sold to pay for other things. In 2016, after a 15 year hiatus and a chance visit to Arles, I rekindled my commitment to photography. I’m still plugging away.
Awards
2023
Finalist — Eyeshot Open Call 2023
First Prize: Single Image — Sanremo Street Photo Festival
Finalist — Brussels Street Photography Festival
Finalist — Street Photographers Foundation
First Prize: Photo Series — Italian Street Photo Festival
Finalist: Singles — Italian Street Photo Festival
Finalist — Aussie Street Photography Festival
2022
First Prize: Single Image — Gothenburg Street Photo Festival
Honorary Award — Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards
Finalist — Miami Street Photo Festival
Finalist — Istanbul Street Photo Festival
Finalist — Italian Street Photo Festival
2021
Finalist — Italian Street Photo Festival
2020
Finalist — Italian Street Photo Festival
Finalist — Los Angeles Centre of Photography, Street Shooting Around the World
2019
Finalist — Aussie Street Photography Festival
Finalist — Brussels Street Photography Festival
Finalist — Italian Street Photo Festival
Finalist — Paris Street Photo Festival (Bronze and 2 Honourable Mentions)
Finalist — Street Foto San Francisco
Finalist — Street Photography International
Group Exhibitions
2023
Eyeshot Open, Magazzini Fotografici, Napoli, Italy
Sanremo Street Photo Festival, Forte di Santa Tecla, Sanremo, Italy
Brussels Street Photography Festival, Marquis Building, Brussels
Italian Street Photo Festival, Officine Fotografiche, Rome
Aussie Street Photography Festival, Comber Street Studios, Sydney
2022
Art Basel: Miami, HistoryMiami Museum
Gothenburg Street Photography Festival, Vega Brewery, Gothenburg, Sweden
‘Seeing Things’, 3–30 June, Brighton Photography Gallery, Brighton
Italian Street Photo Festival, Officine Fotografiche, Rome
2020
LACP Street Shooting Around the World, Los Angeles Centre of Photography, Los Angeles
2019
Italian Street Photo Festival, Officine Fotografiche, Rome
Street Foto San Francisco, Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco
Street Photography International, Flickr HQ, San Francisco
Brussels Street Photography Festival, Centre Tour à Plomb, Brussels
Aussie Street Photography Festival, Comber Street Studios, Sydney
All of the Images on my instagram page are available as prints. Please contact me with any requests.
