Chris Harrison

Chris Harrison (Christopher Matthew Harrison, born 1967 in Jarrow) is an English photographer known for his work which has explored ideas of home, histories and class. Early life Harrison grew up in Jarrow, England and attended Valley View Junior School. He left school at 15 when he became an apprentice fitter at Swan Hunter shipyard. In 1985, he took up photography and in June 1990, Harrison graduated alongside Simon Starling and Nick Waplington with an honours degree in photographic studies from Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham. It was also at this time that Harrison served in The Light Infantry (7th Durham Battalion) and qualified as a sniper. Works