Chris is an acclaimed photographer whose work has taken him across the globe on behalf of a wide range of high profile clients
Portrait and people photographer Chris Frazer Smith was born in 1963 in the North West of England and grew up in East Anglia. He picked up his first camera at a very early age and has been shooting ever since. Shooting predominately portraiture & people, both commissioned and non-commissioned photography & film, on location and in the studio.
Chris's images capture life at home, work and play. His attention to narrative and detail are paramount and his strong sense of art direction allows him to work closely with creative teams from advertising agencies, publishers, record companies and design groups.
Preferring to show a larger proportion of non-commissioned work Chris's portfolios show personal projects, both stills and motion. His love affair with photography has sent him around the world shooting for commercial clients as well as personal projects, and when not shooting people he is often focusing his cameras, and more recently drones, on landscapes both rural and urban.
Chris has been recognised with numerous international awards from organisations including: The prestigious Lucie International Photographer of The Year Award, The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, The BJP Portrait Of Britain, The Association of Photographers, Communication Arts, American Photography, The Portrait Salon, The British Photography Awards Portrait Prize, The British Journal of Photography, Campaign Magazine, Creative Review, The Masters Cup, Applied Arts, One Eyeland and Photo District News. His work has been exhibited in galleries around the world including the National Portrait Gallery and The Royal Academy in London.
He has been a D&AD judge and continues to mentor & lecture students both on photography and film.
Oxford International Film Festival 2020
Hold Still 2020 National Portrait Gallery
SENE Film Festival 2020
Association Of Photographers Awards 2020
Dam Film Festival, Boulder City 2020
IPA Movement Awards 2020
British Photography Awards Portrait Prize 2020
Tally Film Festival, Tallahassee
Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers 2020
BJP Portrait Of Britain 2019
Bolton Film Festival 2019
National Portrait Gallery Only Human awards 2019
British Life Photography Awards 2019
Communication Arts Awards 2018
IPA Awards 2017
Applied Arts Awards, Canada 2017
Taylor Wessing Portrait Awards 2014
IPA Awards 2016
AOP Awards 2014
American Photography Awards 2014
Head On Festival Australia 2014
One Eyeland Best Of The Best 2014
Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2014
Applied Arts Awards, Canada 2014
One Eyeland Awards, Gold, Silver, Bronze 2013
AA Awards 2013
Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2012/13
Communication Arts Awards 2012
Foto8 Summer Exhibition 2012
American Photography Awards 2012
Applied Arts Awards, Canada 2012
Association Of Photographers Awards 2011
Foto8 Summer Exhibition 2011
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2011
Communication Arts Awards 2011
American Photography Awards 2011
Staffordshire Arts Festival, UK Shorts Runner Up, 2011
Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2010/11
Applied Arts Awards, Canada 2011
Campaign Top Ten Photographers 2010
Association Of Photographers Awards 2010
Campaign Photography Awards 2010
Best In Show Exhibition, Crane Kalman Gallery
International Photography Awards 2010
Foto8 Summer Show, London
Communications Arts Awards 2010
Masters Cup 2010
Applied Arts Awards, Canada 2010
Creative Review Photography Awards 2009
The British Journal Of Photography Awards 2009
Campaign Photography Awards 2009
Campaign Top Ten Photographers 2008
Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2008/09
International Photography Awards 2008
Creative Review Photography Awards 2008
Communication Arts Awards 2008
Creative Review Photography Awards 2007
Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2006/7
International Photography Awards 2007
IPA, Best In Show Exhibition 2007
International Photography Awards 2006
IPA, Best In Show Exhibition 2006
International Photography Awards 2005
Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2004/05
PDN Awards 2005
Communication Arts Awards 2004
American Photography Awards 2004
Association Of Photographers Awards 2004
International Photographer Of The Year Lucie Award 2003
Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2002/03
Campaign Poster Awards 2003