Street Life

Street Life is a street photography podcast hosted by John St and Mark Davidson. Each fortnight, John and Mark speak to talented, world-class street photographers - from traditional and established doyens of the industry to innovative and emerging trailblazers - about their work and love for street photography.

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Chris Harrison

August 25, 2023 • Mark Davidson and John St • Season 1 • Episode 35

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Chris Harrison is a Brighton-based street photographer and graphic designer. Chris spent four years at art college studying graphic design and photography, often bunking off to spend extra time in the dark room printing up his work. After art college he landed a job at the world’s biggest advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, where, as a designer, he got to commission and work with some of London's best photographers.

From the year 2000, while working as a graphic designer, backpacking around the globe and starting a family, Chris let photography fall by the wayside. But a trip to Arles in France in 2016 changed all that. Chris went to a photography exhibition and was immediately reminded why he’d fallen in love with photography all those years before.

Chris now spends a lot of time photographing his home city of Brighton, which he describes as a "free-spirited, liberal place.”

Chris’s work has been featured in various magazines and exhibitions, and he has been the winner of or a finalist in many street photography competitions, including Gothenburg Street Photo Festival, Brussels Street Photography Festival, Miami Street Photo Festival, Italian Street Photo Festival and Aussie Street Photography Festival.

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