Chris is a fine art photographer based in mid-coast Maine, USA.
After graduation from Hallmark Institute of Photography he founded a commercial film-processing lab and camera store in New Hampshire, later adding a second location in Vermont.
Notable clients included timber-frame guru and author Tedd Benson, landscape calendar photographer Paul Rezendes, artist Richard Whitney, and film maker Ken Burns.
He went on to earn a teaching certificate from the University of Southern Maine and then taught photography, darkroom, and IT certification courses in central and coastal Maine; covering weddings and sailing Penobscot Bay in the summertime.
After this he spent some time in Washington, DC as an event photographer working with Epocrates Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, Regal Cinemas, SWBC, and the US Department of State.
In 2016 he returned to Maine with his wife and young son.
Chris' work has been exhibited at Open Aperture Gallery and the Newport Museum of Art in Newport, RI; and Kefauver Gallery in Damariscotta, ME.
He has been published in Communication Arts, Black&White, and Photographer's Forum annuals, and is an occasional contributor on dearsusan.net.
Contact: He can be contacted via email at: chris (at) chrisstump (dot) com, or for more immediate needs dial the area code for Maine +701-1504.