Christopher anderson photographer biography
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Christopher Anderson (photographer)
American photographer
Christopher Anderson (born 1970) is an American photographer.
Christopher anderson photographer biography
He is a member of Magnum Photos.[1]
Early life
Anderson was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. He grew up in the west Texas town of Abilene.[2]
Career
Christopher Anderson first gained recognition for his pictures in 1999 when he boarded a small wooden boat with Haitian refugees trying to sail to America.
The boat, named the "Believe in God", sank in the Caribbean. In 2000 the images from that journey received the Robert Capa Gold Medal.
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Anderson's early work from conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Israel/ Palestine earned international acclaim and awards such as two World Press Photo Awards and Magazine Photographer of the Year.
In 2004, Anderson began traveling to Venezuela to document the country under the presidency of Hugo Chávez.
The resulting book, Capitolio (RM 2009) was named one of the b