About

Chris Lowell began a career in street photography in 2005, inspired by the photographic styles of the early street photographers: Frank, Erwitt, Lange, Klein, Cartier-Bresson. He documented urban street scenes across the world – from Paris to Marrakech, Florence to Port-au-Prince – always trying to evoke a sense of relatability and humanity in his subjects. Taking pictures with the same 35mm rangefinders as his influences, Lowell became quickly versed in the ability to shoot without thinking, to let impulse snap the shutter.

In 2009, after re-discovering the early photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe and the library of southern portraits from Sally Mann, Lowell began turning the camera on his own life. Still working with film, he swapped the Leica for a Hasselblad, embracing the clarity of medium-format. Portraits became his new focus. But rather than utilizing studio lighting and controlled environments, Lowell continued to favor existing spaces, available light, and the impulse-driven style he had been developing in his early work. As a result, his images are ethereal but honest, part of this world and too good to be true.

Lowell’s most recent show, “Thirty-One Days” opened at Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta. Previous shows include “The Dreamers” at the Stephen Cohen Gallery and “Rendering the Ordinary Extraordinary” at the Walter Maciel Gallery, both in Los Angeles. His work is included in the Sovereign Collection and the Elton John Collection among others. His photography has been published in Interview Magazine, Glamour, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, and Entertainment Weekly, among others. He studied photography at the University of Southern California and later at Parsons the New School for Design. He lives in New York.

Contact info@jacksonfineart.com for purchase inquiries. All images are printed gelatin-silver in limited editions.