Christopher Morris (photographer)
[6] 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.
[11] However Grazia Neri wrote: "It was in Yugoslavia that the daily exposure to the war on civilians started to weigh heavily on him, on his person, on his soul, and on his photography.
[18] In 2000, in United States, as member of the White House pool, he covered the presidencies of George W. Bush[19] and Barack Obama for Time.
[22] On February 29, 2016, Morris was involved in an altercation with a United States Secret Service agent while photographing a Black Lives Matter protest at a campaign rally at Radford University in Virginia.
The Secret Service launched an investigation into the incident, a spokesman said, and would "provide further details as warranted once additional facts surrounding the situation are known.
[26][28] In 2007, for The New York Times, Morris directed the short film The Gentle Shepherd about the pastor Terry Fox[29] at the Wild West World theme park in Wichita.
[30] For Time LightBox, in 2013, Morris directed, edited and produced the short film Conclave about people waiting, in St. Peter's Square, for the announcement of the new Pope.
[31] In 2016, he introduced a new way to film the United States presidential candidates’ rallies using a high-speed camera, his short movies being played back in slow-motion.
[32] In 2008, his book My America is noticed by the editor in chief of the Italian fashion magazine Amica who hired him for a Ralph Lauren shooting in New York.
[33] In 2008, Morris photographed the American rock band The Killers:[35] Mark Stoermer, Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannucci, Jr., and Dave Keuning near Las Vegas.
[36] 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.
[37] 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.
