Chris Thomas

Who's Who in Visual Art-75 Fine Art Photographers
Art Domain Whois Verlag, Leipzig
May 2013
2013 Book of 75 Fine Art Photographers
Ulrich Goette Himmelblau-Editor
Available on Amazon


Who's Who in Visual Art-100 Fine Art Photographers
Art Domain Whois Verlag, Leipzig
February 2011
2011-2012 Book of 100 Fine Art Photographers
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I've spent the last 35 years working as an Artist, freelance photojournalist and Advertising Photographer . Rather than go to Art School; I turned to Art Directors and Photo Editors to mentor me, in my image making skills...
I've had the honour of being a contributor to; TIME Magazine, NEWSWEEK, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and THE NEW YORK TIMES. I was the only Canadian photographer put on exclusive contract by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED during the Calgary `88 Winter Olympics. At home, I have contributed to such Canadian publications as Maclean's, Cosmopolitan, The Calgary Herald, The Financial Post, The Calgary Sun, The Globe & Mail and The National Post.
My work has also appeared in European and Asian publications such as NEWSWEEK JAPAN, DER SPIEGEL, and SEURA.
Agency work has included Ogilvy & Mather, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, TBWA\Chiat\Day. I've shot many annual reports for some of t...

Life... some Ryerson Polytechnical, University of Guelph, superb Photo Editors and Art Directors.