bio.
roles—
2021
Edward E. Langbein Sr. Fellow - Bowdoin College
2020
Rusack Coastal Studies Fellow - Bowdoin College
2019
Staff Photographer - Maine Savings Pavilion
2018-2020
Editorial Director - Avant-Garb Magazine
2018
Photo Intern - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
2015-present
Editor - Genius
Chris Ritter (he/his) is an American writer and photographer from Lexington, Virginia. In writing and photography— and most other things too— Chris lives a split life between the outdoors and music.
In the past five years, Chris' work has spanned from Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee, to the coldwater surf scene of Maine, to Chile's newest national park in Patagonia, and beyond.
At twenty-four years old, Chris continues to shoot and write around the world in both open wilderness spaces and packed music venues. Chris thinks he shouldn't have to choose between these two things. Chris also thinks that making a website dedicated to both means he'll never have to.
artists photographed—
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Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals
Arlie
Billie Eilish
Bon Iver
Buddy Guy
Car Seat Headrest
Chance the Rapper
COIN
Daniel Caesar
Dark Star Orchestra
Denzel Curry
DRAM
Earl Sweatshirt
EARTHGANG
Fitz & the Tantrums
Flume
Fortuno
Gallant
Hippo Campus
HIRIE
Innanet James
Jaden Dixon
James Vincent McMorrow
Jamila Woods
Japanese Breakfast
John Lane
Kali Uchis
Kamasi Washington
Kenny Wayne Shephard
Khalid
Knox Fortune
Laura Stevenson
LOUDPVCK
Lucy Dacus
Maggie Rogers
Mick Jenkins
Omar Apollo
Playboi Carti
Protoje
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Rebelution
Rich Brian
Ron Gallo
Shinedown
Slightly Stoopid
Snail Mail
Sofi Tukker
Sturgill Simpson
Sylvan Esso
The Killers
Thundercat
Tribal Seeds
Trombone Shorty
Twiddle
Vivian Leva
Wifisfuneral
Young the Giant
Portraits by Ben Ritter and Sydney Reaper