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Award-winning and internationally recognized photographer Chris M. Wachtelhausen uses long exposures to capture nature’s drama – A dramatic sky with menacing clouds in motion, an eerie nightscape evoking a sense of foreboding, waves crashing the shore lending a glimpse of nature’s power, or a minimalist composition offering the feeling of welcomed serenity or harrowing solitude. Chris shoots primarily landscapes and waterscapes at night or in otherwise low-light conditions, but has recently extended his focus to the urban setting, mixing in the dramatic theme of cloud movement in the city sky – Hartford Amid Stormy Night and Clouds Over Capital are examples of this.
"Chris nails the technical aspects to landscape photography, creating breathtaking scenes that capture the Earth's topography perfectly." - JPG Magazine - Rock Elements and an older piece Icy Branches are on display in the Snow & Ice Exhibition at the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.
- Watching The Fog was a finalist in 2011 Photographers Forum's Spring Contest and was published in the book Best of Photography 2011.
- Sinking Solitude was a "Best Of" selection in JPG Magazine's photo competition themed Minimal in May 2011.
- Sinking, Corporate Stationary and Clouds on XL were featured in an article on long exposures in the June edition of Expose Magazine, Egypt's first international photography publication.
- Chris was recently chosen by celebrated photojournalist Bill Eppridge as one of 50 photographers to exhibit in IMAGES 2011, a photography exhibition at the Fairfield (CT) Museum, where Sinking Solitude was on display in Summer 2011.
- In May 2011, Chris was a featured photographer in The Focus Project, a collaborative project of Artists' Wanted that works to build new and lasting opportunities for emerging talent.
- Sinking won a jury award in the Milford Fine Arts Council's Photographic Expo 2011.
- Chris was selected to exhibit a collection of his Hartford portfolio at the Pumphouse Gallery in celebration of Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra’s "Celebration of Hartford Parks."
- Two photos -- Moonlit Movement and Eye of Ouranos -- were on display in West Hartford, CT as part of the ArtWalk 2010 exhibition.
- Chris was a featured artist in New Haven Arts Council's Somewhat of the Wall fine art exhibition in September 2010.
- Chris' photograph Show's Over, which is seen in his Pleasure Beach book, was exhibited in the Guilford Art Center as part of the IMAGES 2010 annual juried exhibition.
- The image Shoreline was featured in the April 2010 edition of F-Stop Magazine.
- He was a finalist in the Outdoor Photographer Nature's Colors Contest for Sunshine on Clouds after Storm.
- Chris won a Bronze Award in the 2009 International Aperture Awards for Showered by the Heavens.
- In the 2010 Photographers Forum's Spring Contest, Chris was a finalist with Beacon Beyond City Limits. He was also a finalist in the 2009 contest with Storm Clouds on Hartford, which has also been published in the book Best of Photography 2009.
- Four of Chris' images were selected as Honorable Mentions in the 2009 International Photography Awards and he won a jury award for his Cracks in the Swiss Alps image at the 2006 International Photo Awards.
- Chris' photographs have been commissioned for major office buildings in Hartford, CT and have been twice published in The Hartford Courant.
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