Chris Crisman

b.

1979

From:

Titusville, PA

Based:

Philadelphia, PA

Position:

Freelance photographer

Education:

BA, Environment studies/photography, University of Pennslyvania, 2003

Clients:

Leo Burnett (Allstate), Tierney Agency (Martin Guitar, Bayer Environmental Science), Warner Brothers Records, Interscope Records, Fast Company, Inc., Business Week, Rolling Stone, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Field & Stream, Popular Science, and XXL

Background:

Chris began shooting during his first photography class in college in 1999, and then later assisted Philadelphia-area photographers from 2002-2004. Since then he's been busy shooting assignments for commercial and editorial clients.

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Work by Chris Crisman

Sam Dove, Mill wright; 30 years at Cytemp Specialty Steel.

#1 | Titusville Steel

Titusville Pennsylania survived for over a century, defined by the endless flock of men filing in and out of the steel mills every day. To provide their families with sustainable income, they committed themselves to the life-threatening conditions that defined steelwork. Through the eyes of these men we see the dreams of thousands of working class citizens whose grueling hours gave shape to modern America after World War II.

For the past four years, photographer Chris Crisman has returned home to photograph the retired steelworkers still living in Titusville. This project is both his perspective on a generation of Americans and a personal discovery of the culture into which Crisman was born and of the industry in which his father and grandfather served.