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ABOUT

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.

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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.

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Prints are available for sale. Please contact cwachtel@att.net

EXHIBITIONS

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  • Doorway to Heaven was selected as part of the Carriage Barn Arts Center's PHOTO 2013 exhibition.

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  • Selected by celebrated photojournalist Bill Eppridge as one of 50 photographers to exhibit in IMAGES, a photography exhibition at the Fairfield (CT) Museum for Sinking Solitude.

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  • Exhibited in "International Masters of Photography," a juried annual art photography publication presenting noteworthy photographers from all over the world.

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  • Rock Elements and an older piece Icy Branches were exhibited in the Snow & Ice Exhibition at the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.

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  • Exhibited a collection of his Hartford portfolio at the Pumphouse Gallery in celebration of Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra’s "Celebration of Hartford Parks."

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  • Sinking won a jury award in the Milford Fine Arts Council's Photographic Expo. 

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  • Featured artist in New Haven Arts Council's Somewhat of the Wall fine art exhibition.

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  • Moonlit Movement and Eye of Ouranos were on display in West Hartford, CT as part of the ArtWalk exhibition.

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  • Exhibited in the Guilford Art Center as part of the IMAGES 2010 annual juried exhibition.

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  • Commissioned for corporate reports and major office buildings.

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FEATURES

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  • ​​City Autumn at Night was featured in the print edition of The Hartford Courant.

 

  • ​Watching The Fog was a finalist in 2011 Photographers Forum's Spring Contest and was published in the book Best of Photography 2011.

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  • Sinking Solitude was a "Best Of" selection in JPG Magazine's photo competition themed Minimal.

 

  • ​Sinking, Corporate Stationary and Clouds on XL were featured in an article on long exposures in the June edition of Expose Magazine. 

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  • ​Featured photographer in The Focus Project, a collaborative project of Artists' Wanted that works to build new and lasting opportunities for emerging talent.

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  • ​The image Shoreline was featured in the April 2010 edition of F-Stop Magazine.

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  • He was a finalist in the Outdoor Photographer Nature's Colors Contest for Sunshine on Clouds after Storm.

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  • Bronze Award in the International Aperture Awards for Showered by the Heavens.

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  • Finalist with Beacon Beyond City Limits ​in a Photographers Forum's Spring Contest.

 

  • Storm Clouds on Hartford published in the book Best of Photography.

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  • ​Honorable Mentions in the International Photography Awards

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  • ​A jury award for Cracks in the Swiss Alps in the International Photo Awards.​

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