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Chris Usher
USA Nominee Portrait Professional "HOME SWEET HOME" In order to pay her bills with ever decreasing work, self-employed Jennifer Schansberg now lives in a 21ft trailer in a friends back yard in Alexandria, VA on May 20, 2009. (This image was shot on 8x10 paper negative) Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Chris Usher graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington with a degree in Journalism. Usher spent several years as a newspaper photographer before going freelance and moving to Washington, DC in 1990. Since then Usher’s images have appeared in numerous domestic and international publications including TIME, LIFE, Newsweek, US News & World Report, Sports Illustrated, People, Fortune, Forbes, BusinessWeek, L’Express, Der Spiegel, Stern, VSD, and Globus. Throughout his career, Usher has received numerous awards for his photography: Indiana College Photographer of the Year, the William Randolph Hearst Photojournalism Championship, POY, WHNPA, CHIPP, and an Eisenstaedt Award for his unique and controversial depiction of Clinton's post-acquittal speech. His award-winning photos have most recently been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Both of his last two personal projects, One of Us, a three-year photo-documentary project begun on the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast, and Behind the Velvet Rope, Usher's documentation of behind-the-scenes moments at the White House, are now traveling exhibitions and books. Currently, Usher is immersed in wet plate and other alternative photographic processes. When he isn't working on assignments or projects, Chris would rather be fly-fishing in Montana. |
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