About
John Christenson’s a commercial and fine art photographer whose work primarily focuses on interior, lifestyle, portrait and documentary/street photography. He uses the camera as a tool to capture the world around him which has produced exhibitions on Bboys ‘movement+shapes’ photographed over a 2 year period documenting the energy, fluidity and brotherhood of break dancing on the Lower East Side of NYC to the series “Urban Beaches’ photographed at Coney Island capturing the lifestyle of beachgoers to the project titled ‘Window Shopping’ photographing mannequins in storefronts and the world that lives outside these windows. This series has been a work in progress over the last 5 years photographing windows in NYC, Paris, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Omaha, Los Angeles and Tokyo. His current project focuses on Ballet Dancers capturing their elegance, strength and grace in a studio setting. John is also the founder/curator of the Oil+Ink Gallery, a traveling gallery specializing in Moto related illustrative arts working with artists from around the globe.
John has had the pleasure of working with a variety of clients both commercial and editorial including Target, Loll Designs, Sony, Panasonic, Ilia cosmetics, Hermes, Eleven on the Water, Danish Teak Classics, Sugarfina, Steelcase, Entrust Datacard, Syngenta, Cub Scouts, Children's Theatre, Colette Jaffe, Hawkins Cellars, Cremant du Jura, Mrs. Smith's Pies, Prospect Refuge, Valentine+Wood, Gems by Laura Marie, P.F. Changs, Caribou Coffee, Whole Foods, Abbotsford Farms, Microsoft, United Healthcare, Summit Orthopedic, United Health Groupe, Esquire, Mpls St. Paul, Minnesota Monthly, Midwest Home, Spaces, Fast Company, American Airlines and Sunset Magazine.
Exhibitions+Gallery Work