Chris Carr was born and raised in Washington DC,In 1996 he Gaduated from high school and moved to Atlanta in order to attend Morehouse College. While majoring in sociology and minoring in psychology he began to explore an interest in music and photography. The subject matter of his early work was primarily fauna/flora and landscape images utilizing a 35mm black and white pentax camera.
In 2001 Chris graduated from Morehouse and moved to Mew York to begin a master's program in Medieval Studies at Columbia University. His experiences in New York inspired him to focus more on portrait photography and documenting live hip hop events. In 2003 Chris moved back to Washington DC and began working with a local fashion designer and shooting fashion shows. In 2006 he plans to travel documenting various forms of self expression i.e. tattoos, piercings, scarification, tribal marks, body alterations, and alternative lifestyles.
In 2001 Chris graduated from Morehouse and moved to Mew York to begin a master's program in Medieval Studies at Columbia University. His experiences in New York inspired him to focus more on portrait photography and documenting live hip hop events. In 2003 Chris moved back to Washington DC and began working with a local fashion designer and shooting fashion shows. In 2006 he plans to travel documenting various forms of self expression i.e. tattoos, piercings, scarification, tribal marks, body alterations, and alternative lifestyles.
