Christopher Morris

It’s very difficult for me to try to describe or explain why I do this type of photography. Emotionally it’s been very trying on myself and my loved ones… Some of the assignments I’ve been on have brought me quite close to death…

When you come back from a heavy day of shelling or any other type of close combat, you walk on air, you can smell it, taste it, feel it. I’m alive! I have my feet, my legs, my arms, my soul, my life… It’s a feeling of life, not death…. Every step you take, every daily thing you do, from opening a door to shaking someone’s hand, it all comes alive… It’s a very rare and special moment in your life. On top of this you have the pictures, real pictures, life at its most tragic… You’re not a fashion photographer or a sports photographer. This is reality, reality at its worst time…
There is nothing for you to create, you just have to find the courage to put yourself as far forward as physically possible without getting yourself killed. I have covered 17 conflicts over the last 10 years. What you have before you is a small sample of my favorite work…. Enjoy life….

Chris Morris, July, 1998