Chris Fortuna

There is a poor lack of information regarding Chris Fortuna and his life as a photographer. Much of what is know is copy and pasted by people from his website: Chris Fortuna [Fashion Photography]. Information from this site is posted below. Feel free to visit his site for more images.

Chris Fortuna was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began photographing in his early teens with a Yashica Mat camera. He studied fine art photography at New York University Tish School Of The Arts. After graduating he was awarded the Daniel Rosenberg Traveling Fellowship For Photography. 

His early photographic work was transformed by working under such old world masters as Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon And Paolo Roversi. After living and working in New York City for much of his career Chris has recently relocated and now calls Los Angeles home. 

When not working on either coast he can be found at the racetrack on his Ducati.

Clients include: Converse, Sony Music, Interview, Def Jam, Warner Bros, Joie, Sprint, Maxim.

Opinion

I enjoy Fortuna's B&W photography (pictured at top and right). The people seem real, like they are speaking to the audience about who they are and less about what they are wearing. I don't get the impression they are trying to sell me their shirt or their hair ribbon.

They seem bored or nervous.

The glassiness of the eyes bother me. Reflections are cool from an artistic stand point if you are trying to show less of the person and more of what they are looking at or display who is looking an them, otherwise it is simply distracting from their expression. Yes, one should see their eyes; yes, the eyes should be the main focus; but, one should always be able to rest their eyes elsewhere for a time.